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Nine months on the branch

It starts with the blossom showers in March, when the kaapi poovu opens and the plantation smells like jasmine. By December the cherries are deep red, and we pick them by hand.

1. MarchBlossom showers. The kaapi poovu opens.
2. Apr – SepGreen cherries swell through the monsoon.
3. Oct – NovThey turn yellow, then orange.
4. Dec – JanRipe and red. Picked by hand.

Three weeks in the sun

The whole cherries dry on the yard in front of the house. We rake them every day until the beans rattle inside their husks.

Twelve minutes decide the flavour

We roast in small batches and drop each one at a set temperature. Keep scrolling to roast the bean.

Filter kaapi, the way we drink it here

1. 1 · FillThree spoons of KAAPO, ground for filter.
2. 2 · DripHot water, lid on. 10–15 minutes of slow drip.
3. 3 · MixDecoction into the tumbler, then hot milk.
4. 4 · PourPour into the davara from a height to froth.