2025–26 harvest · Hassan, India
Washed
Excelsa
Milk chocolate · Citrus · Jaggery
A measured washed expression of Coffea dewevrei, grown at Kuchally Estate between 950 and 1,050 metres.
Lot KUC-EXC-WSH-25-6KV
Cup profile
Sweetness at the centre, citrus for lift.
The published sensory record describes milk chocolate at the centre, a citrus note bringing brightness, and jaggery-like sweetness through the finish.
No lot-specific cup score is published for this coffee.
- Lot code
- KUC-EXC-WSH-25-6KV
- Producer
- Anil Kuchally
- Origin
- Hassan, Karnataka, India
- Species
- Excelsa · Coffea dewevrei
- Harvest
- 2025–2026
- Elevation
- 950–1,050 masl
- Process
- Washed
- Physical grade
- Screen AB Bulk
Processing record
Washed for clarity, dried with patience.
The process record follows the coffee from cherry selection through fermentation, washing and an extended period of sun-drying.
- 01
Cherry selection
Ripe cherry is sorted by hand and density-floated before processing.
- 02
Pulping
The fruit is pulped, leaving the depulped coffee in its mucilage.
- 03
Fermentation
Coffee ferments aerobically in a plastic drum for 30 hours with naturally occurring yeast.
- 04
Washing
After fermentation, the remaining mucilage is washed away.
- 05
Drying
The coffee is sun-dried for 240 hours (approximately ten days) across the estate’s drying infrastructure.
- 06
Moisture target
Drying is recorded toward a target moisture content of 12%.
The source record lists polyhouse/greenhouse, raised beds and patio among the drying surfaces. Confirm the exact sequence and measured final moisture for a shipment directly with Anil.
About the species
Excelsa at Kuchally
Excelsa, botanically Coffea dewevrei, is a tree-coffee species with limited commercial production. It is adapted to warmer conditions and is generally cultivated at mid elevations.
At Kuchally it grows between 950 and 1,050 metres, within a mixed, shade-influenced landscape receiving approximately 90 inches of rain in a typical year.
For buyers
Current availability is confirmed on request.
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