The results are in and have recently been published in the Hindu Business Line.

The winner of the Flavour of India Fine Cup Award has been decided.

This is a competition which has been organised by the Coffee Board of India on an annual basis, to promote the production of high-end gourmet quality coffee.

The aim?

To introduce these fine coffees to the international coffee industry.

And the results are in for this year… Who won?

The Pedabayalu Coffee has been awarded the best in region for this year.

The coffee is grown in the Visakhapatnam district in the Araku region.

The judges who made this decision were an international jury and they met in Melbourne in Australia.

It was chosen in the Arabica general category of coffee – the arabica bean, of course, is one of the favourites in coffee circles.

This Visakhapatnam district has some 4,000 hectares of coffee and takes the matter seriously.

There are around 3,000 families who work on these coffee plantations and they are obviously doing a good job.

What happens now?

The coffees which have been decreed as being outstanding, such as Pedabayalu coffee, will be chosen on a national level for ‘final cupping.’

This will take place by an international jury of well-regarded Cup Tasters from around the globe.

Hopefully, the Flavour of Fine Cup Award winner will do well on this occasion too.

Whatever the outcome at the final cupping, the profile of Indian gourmet coffee has been raised.

Posted by Clive on Monday the 28th May 2012

source: http://www.worldcoffeenews.com / by Clive / Monday, May 28th, 2012