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Lot GEMS 18128: Against the Odds

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Auction Starts:Time left: 05 May 2025 09:00:00 BST
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Increment:$0.25
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Weight:495.9lbs
Origin:Araku Region | Curated by Naandi Foundation
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In the lush hills of Araku, this farmer had a long journey. His coffee farm was mismanaged, with tall coffee bushes, poor yield, and dense weeds before joining Naandi and learned about regenerative agriculture and best practices in coffee management. Fueled by passion and determination to improve his coffee plot, he rolled his sleeves and dug in —, pruning to maintain optimal height, and clearing weeds that presented themselves as competition affecting coffee bushes' growth and development.

The difference was phenomenal—juicier and bigger cherries, an improved yield, greener coffee bushes, and richer soil quality. The true reward came as he observed each coffee bush have a healthy life, "These coffee bushes are like children to me,” he reflected.

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Lot Description

Reference Number:GEMS 18128
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Increment:$0.25
Weight:495.9 lbs
Varietal:Arabica Selection 9
Process:Black Honey
Altitude:1090.5 masl
Bags Size:25 kg
Bag Type:vacuum sealed and packed in carton
Producer Cupping Notes:Warm Spices, Butter Cookies, Pistachio, Complex Body, Super Long Sweet Finish
Origin:Araku Region | Curated by Naandi Foundation
Average Score:90.14
Highest Score:94
Country:India
Drying Method:33 days
Shipping Method:FOB, India-Cochin

Coffee details

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Moisture: 10.9%
Cupping Notes: A nice warm cozy coffee - a perfect wintertime companion with citrus, honey, warm spices, wafers, vanilla, butter cookies, biscuits, piped tobacco, grapefruit, and brown sugar aroma. An exciting coffee balancing flavor and acidity, with notes of watermelon, green tea, mandarin, pistachio, hint of grapes, and plums. An interplay of the smooth, viscous, and complex body with layered floral notes, cocoa-like bittersweetness, a hint of peach, litchi, milk chocolate, mango, apricot, dates, coconut, jaggery, yellow tropical fruits, and super long sweet finish. 

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