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Zest Bomb – Salawara Yeast Culture Honey

Zest Bomb – Salawara Yeast Culture Honey

Naivo Coffee Company

About This Coffee

A showcase lot from Salawara Estate, located in the foothills of India's Western Ghats near the Sakleshpur/Belur region. The estate spans 145 hectares and was established in the late 1880s, now managed by the YDN group. Coffee is intercropped with pepper, areca nut, oranges, and silver oak trees. The processing involves applying specific yeast cultures to semi-pulped cherries followed by a 72-hour anaerobic fermentation. Roasted as an omni roast, this coffee delivers clarity, sweetness, and balance with flavor notes of guava, orange zest, pineapple, and watermelon.

Origin

Sakleshpur (India)

Flavor Notes

Pineapple, Guava, Orange Zest, Watermelon

Roast Level

Medium Light

Processing

Anaerobic Fermentation, Yeast Culture Honey

Typology

NC

Naivo Coffee Company

Naivo Coffee Company is a specialty roastery in Bengaluru, India, founded in 2016 by V E Ovian and Jessie Ovian. The operation builds on three decades of industry experience through the family's coffee brokerage firm Indcaffe, established in 1996 to facilitate export contracts between Indian producers and buyers across Europe and Australia. Jessie, a certified Q Grader, heads roasting and quality, overseeing tailored profiles on Probat and Buehler roasters with every batch put through rigorous cupping protocols. Naivo sources from over several origins spanning India, East Africa and the Americas, working with both estate producers and certified Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance suppliers. The roastery offers coffees across espresso, filter and omni profiles, roasting three to four times per week to keep stock fresh. The approach combines Indian estate coffees with international origins, and the roasting aims to highlight the distinct processing and terroir of each lot.

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