ELSEWHERE · 8 SEP 2026 · 10:19 · CAFE
Riverside
CAFE
BEVERAGE
Pour-over
METHOD HINT
v60
BEAN ROASTER
Riverside Coffee
BEAN NAME
The Empress
ORIGIN
India › Karnataka › Kodagu
COUNTRY
India
REGION
Kodagu
PROCESS
Natural
INTENSITY AXES · 0–5
ACIDITY
1.5 /5
SOURNESS
0.5 /5
SWEETNESS
1.5 /5
BODY
3.0 /5
AFTERTASTE
1.0 /5
QUALITY AXES · 0–5
BALANCE
2.0 /5
Basic, decent coffee. Has some hay like flavour which is unpleasant. But not too bad.
3 / 5
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Field report
Origin
Kodagu
Karnataka › India
India's largest coffee-producing district, growing roughly a third of the national crop on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats.
- Altitude
- 750–1,100 m
- Can show chocolate notes
Process
Natural
Dries whole cherry in the sun on patios or raised beds, then hulls off the dried fruit, used for about 90% of Brazilian arabica.