Ratnagiri Estate - White Flowers

MEET THE PRODUCER | We are thrilled to welcome our very first offering from India to the menu! We owe our thanks to members throughout the coffee community (Ocito, Verve, and Counter Culture) for making us aware of the incredible work being done at Ratnagiri Estate and helping to get this coffee in our hands.  Ratnagiri Estate was founded by the Patre family in 1927, and its current owner - Ashok Patre - took the reins in 1989. In the 35 years that have followed, Ashok has made it his mission to revolutionize the way coffee is produced at Ratnagiri and throughout India, having transitioned the estate toward specialty coffee production and utilizing processing techniques (like this one!) which were previously uncommon or even unheard of in India before his tenure began. Today, Ratnagiri Estate is made up of about 60% specialty coffee production consisting of four different varieties, and over 15 different processes are being utilized on the farm. These are the kind of developments that