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LOW CAF INDIA Mooleh Manay

LOW CAF INDIA Mooleh Manay

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This rare Indian Excelsa offers a calm caffeine level with unexpectedly bold flavour: Fruitiness of lychees and cherries with a warming spice and a syrupy body.

Producer: Komal and Akshay Dashrath 

Farm: Mooleh Manay

Species: Excelsa 

Process: Natural + 84-hour yeast Fermented

Region: Coorg, Karnataka

Elevation: 1000m

Harvest: Nov 2024 - March 2025

Caffeine Level: 0.79% (green coffee)

Excelsa is a rare, naturally low-caffeine species within the broader Coffea family, genetically distinct from Arabica and long cultivated in pockets of South and Southeast Asia. It's naturally low caffeine content contributes to a gentler cup, yet the variety remains expressive, showing vibrant fruit notes. The trees grow tall and require ladder harvesting, one reason many farms removed them in recent decades, but ongoing research and careful field documentation are helping to re-establish Excelsa’s role in the future of Indian speciality coffee.

Mooleh Manay Estate sits near the Harangi Reservoir in Coorg, where Komal and Akshay take a data-driven, experimental approach to farming and fermentation. Their work focuses on native Indian coffee species, soil health and flavour development. Komal & Akshay's process for this coffee includes a sealed fermentation in anaerobic tanks for 84 hours with a yeast-inoculated fermentation.

The result is a characterful low-caf coffee: Syrupy sweetness, gentle spice, and a smooth finish that makes it standout in the cup.

The species Excelsa could become a critical player in the future of coffee - offering not only a unique cup profile but also a low-caffeine, climate-resilient alternative.

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What is Lo Caf coffee?

Our Lo Caf coffees are rare coffees that naturally contain less caffeine than typical arabica varieties.

Laurina, a low-caffeine arabica variety, usually contains 0.4% to 0.6% caffeine by weight.

Aramosa, a hybrid of arabica and the low-caffeine species Coffea Racemosa, typically ranges from 0.6% to 1.0%.

Excelsa, a rare species of coffee gaining in popularity due to it's climate resilience, typically has caffeine content of 0.8 to 1.0%

For comparison, most arabica coffees contain 1.4% to 1.6%. These low-caffeine plants are harder to grow—since caffeine helps defend against pests—which makes Lo Caf coffees both distinctive and limited in supply.

For our Lo Caf coffees we lab test our raw (‘green’) coffee for caffeine content before roasting. Testing is conducted using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) – a widely used analytical technique for separating and quantifying compounds in food and drink.

Freshly Roasted

We roast on Tuesdays and Thursdays and dispatch the following day.

Shipping Information

We charge £3.45 for UK shipping using Royal Mail's Tracked 48 Service. Shipping is free for orders of £45 and over.

Recyclable Bags

We have carefully selected our bags to be mono material LDPE 4 and they can be recycled. Local recycling services vary across the UK - for the best chance of success drop the used bags at a recycling point

Our Coffee Commitment

If you are unhappy with your coffee please contact us at hello@calmcoffeeroastery.co.uk and we will try our best to correct the issue.

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