Sometimes, the world works in mysterious ways. In November of 2023, I (Suneal) went to Seoul, Korea to give a talk about Leaderboard at the World Coffee Leaders Forum. Ashish from SKIA was in Seoul for the Coffee Expo and heard about my talk and reached out via an Instagram DM. We tried to connect on my final day in town, but weren’t able to catch each other before I had to leave for the Incheon airport. We stayed in touch via Whatsapp and Google Meet and I was able to learn more about Ashish. He's a meticulous engineer who has taken a keen interest to specialty coffee production. 

He eventually sent samples to us and there were quite a few that stood out on the table. We were only able to purchase one lot - a koji fermented robusta lot. The coffee underwent a relatively unique process: the fruits were colour sorted, floaters were removed and fruits were kept in sanitized trays. Koji was spread on the coffee fruits (2 grams per kg). The fruits trays were placed in humid temperature controlled environment for 72 hours and dried in a Polyhouse. 

This is our first robusta feature and will be our first of many. It is sweet like pomegranate jam and dark chocolate and finishes with a strong boricha (Korean Barley Tea) note. 

250g bag. Roasted in Toronto, Ontario. 

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