BANGALORE, India – For the fourth year in a row, the estates of Classic Synergy, India’s premier gourmet coffee company, have been recognized to have the best Speciality Robusta in India.
This prestigious honour was accorded to Harley Estate at the World Of Coffee 2016 event, organized by SCAE (Specialty Coffee Association of Europe) in Dublin, Ireland between 23rd and 25th of June 2016. This award forms part of the Flavour of India Cup series that is hosted at the event.
Classic Synergy’s estates have consistently been winning this honour in the Best Robusta or Best Speciality Robusta categories for the previous four years.
Harley and Kalledevarapura (in the picture) are premier estates, focused on producing speciality coffees, based in Sakleshpur and Chickmagalur. Classic Synergy, the holding company of the estates, has helped popularize the high-grade coffees from these estates across the world.
In addition to its export operations, and reputation for being the source of some of the finest coffees from India, Classic Synergy retails in India through its gourmet brands – Classic Pride and Classic Mountain.
The award was accorded on the basis of blind tasting by an international jury of eminent Cup Tasters from around the world.
Coffees that are cupped by the international jury are finalists from preliminary rounds organised by the Coffee Board of India every year to showcase the high quality coffee produced in India.
The final competition” Flavour of India – The Fine Cup Award” is conducted in five categories .i.e. Arabica, Robusta, specialty Arabica coffee and specialty Robusta coffee and bulk coffee from small growers.
Best coffees from each of the 13 coffee growing regions of India are selected by a team of experienced cup tasters at the national level.
These competitions are held for Arabica (washed/unwashed), Robusta (washed/unwashed), and specialty coffees of Arabica and Robusta.
The top two coffees from each of these regions qualify to compete in the finals for the best Arabica/Robusta/Speciality coffees by Region & All India by the international jury. Different juries, comprising coffee experts from various countries, have led the award process each year.
On receiving the award, D.M. Purnesh, Managing Director of Classic Synergy India Pvt. Ltd., said, “Robusta from India has worn the mantle of being regarded as the best Robusta in the world.
As a community, we take great pride in this status.
To be recognized as the best Speciality Robusta from India is therefore an honour we hold very dear.
As planters and agriculturists, we invest the utmost passion into ensuring that we enable the perfect cup of coffee; recognitions such as this award, make all of the effort and dedication most worthwhile.
My congratulations to the team at Classic Synergy, who remain committed to continuing our heritage of producing the world’s finest coffees”.
About Classic Synergy India Pvt. Ltd.
Classic Synergy India Pvt. Ltd. is a leading company engaged in the cultivation, processing, export and retailing of fine gourmet coffees.
The company’s plantation holdings viz. Harley Estate and Kalledevarapura Estate are renowned for producing some of the best coffees, consumed worldwide.
Led and managed by fourth and fifth generation coffee planters, currently, the company retails on Indian shelves through Classic Pride, a premium Arabica-Robusta blend, and Classic Mountain, a pure Arabica offering.
Classic Synergy is one of the founder members of Specialty Coffee Association of India (SCAI), besides being a member of Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) & Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE).
About Flavour of India Fine Cup Award
The Coffee Board of India has been organizing the ‘Flavour of India Fine Cup Award’ competitions every year with the objective of promoting the production of fine quality coffee in India.
This has been a very successful endeavour in showcasing the fine coffees from India in the international market.
The most outstanding coffees selected by region in India, is then blind tasted & judged by an international jury consisting of eminent Cup Tasters from different countries, to award to best coffees in India.
