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ICB Fortnight 7 · 13 Jun 2026
A fortnight of casks
and
co-ferments.
Hello,
You'll have noticed we skipped a fortnight. I stepped
away from the desk for a couple of weeks and spent part
of it in Aurangabad, where Kohi Cafe poured a few
genuinely interesting cups — the kind of detour that
reminds you why this directory exists. Back now, and
Issue 7 has plenty to catch up on.
The catalogue had a busy stretch: 28 new coffees landed,
pushing ICB past 1,120 coffees across 87 roasters. The
pattern worth noticing is what kind — anaerobics,
co-fermented naturals, and spirit-cask lots filled most
of the additions.
Two of the three new roasters are out of Surat, Gujarat
— a reminder that India's specialty map keeps spreading
beyond the Karnataka belt. Below: a co-fermented natural
from Ratnagiri, two new roasters, and three field-guide
pieces on how single-origin took over.
Reply any time — we read everything.
— GT
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Freshly Added
What's New on
ICB.
An active fortnight: three new roasters — Yagachi Coffee
(Bengaluru) plus Oishii Reserve and Shodh Coffee, both from
Surat, Gujarat — and 28 new coffees. Anaerobics led the named
processes (6), with naturals and washed close behind (5 each),
alongside a run of barrel-aged spirit-cask lots. The catalogue
now stands at 1,120 coffees across 87 roasters.
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87
Roasters
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1,120
Coffees
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200
Ratings
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+28
New Coffees
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Newly Listed
Coffee
Spotlight.
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Ratnagiri Peach Co-Fermented Naturals
Rossette Coffee
Natural · Co-Fermented · Light Roast
· Ratnagiri, Maharashtra · SCA
88
Newly listed on ICB, this is a co-fermented natural from
Ratnagiri in Maharashtra — an emerging origin well
outside the traditional Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil
Nadu belt. The peach co-ferment and light roast point to
a fruit-forward, expressive cup, and the SCA 88 cupping
score gives it an objective marker. It arrives with a
sibling strawberry co-ferment from the same roaster,
part of a fortnight that leaned heavily on
fermentation-driven processing.
View & rate it →
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Just Joined ICB
Roaster
Spotlights.
Two newcomers just joined ICB — one single-estate roaster from
Karnataka's coffee birthplace, one instant-coffee brand from
Gujarat.
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Yagachi Coffee
Bengaluru, Karnataka
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A Bengaluru brand sourcing single-estate from Blue
Mountain Estate in the Baba Budan Giri range of
Chikmagalur — the hills where coffee was first
planted in India. Its range spans four signature
blends from light to dark, each matched to a brew
method.
Browse their coffees →
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Oishii Reserve
Surat, Gujarat
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A Surat brand making specialty-grade instant
coffee from Indian estates like Attikan, Baarbara,
and Orchadale. Single-origin and experimental
profiles — 70% Dark, Fruity Bloom, Shadow Nectar —
in a no-equipment format with no fillers or added
flavour.
Browse their coffees →
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From the ICB Field Guide
Off the
Press.
Ecosystem Intelligence · 30 May 2026
ICB's cross-catalogue data shows one estate sold by 23
roasters as everything from light naturals to
medium-dark anaerobics. The estate is provenance; the
roaster is the author.
Read the field guide →
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Ecosystem Intelligence
Single-origin is now 47% of India's active
specialty catalogue, and 77% of it names a
specific estate — how a blend-and-export industry
became estate-traceable.
Read →
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Origins & Estates
Araku is India's outlier origin — Eastern Ghats,
cooperative-grown, floral-led in the cup. A
flavour-first reference built on ICB catalogue
data.
Read →
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Question for you
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"Co-fermented and barrel-aged coffees filled the new
listings this fortnight — peach and strawberry naturals,
whiskey and rum casks. Are these experimental processes
winning you over, or do you still reach for a clean
washed cup?"
Reply and tell us where you land.
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Love.
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