Roasters I get coffee from & the coffees I loved – 2024-25

For a long time, I was largely brewing my favourite type of coffee- a medium roasted washed coffee. Now, this doesn’t help me realise the wider spectrum of taste and flavours out there. 

How travelling around the world gives a broader perspective, I started to explore the world of coffee – lighter roasts, new processing and new origins. 

I decided on a journey to explore a roaster at a time. This helps in trying out different options from each roaster and reduces the number of shipments (happy earth). Rest of the article is about my experience across the roasters I tried and what I liked from each one of them. 

Navio Coffee 

Based out of Bangalore, these guys keep churning out many new coffees every year. Two of their coffees stood out in my memories, each having a distinct fruitiness. 

• Candied Mandarin – Ratnagiri Carbonic Washed (2024). I wish to get this back. ♥️
• Candied Peach – Orchardale 190H Naturals (2025) 😇

A couple of other coffees that I liked from them were Naivo Balanoor Vontekad; Naivo Balanoor Chandragiri Washed, Attikan White Mist. They also roast coffee sourced from out of India. I haven’t tried them yet. 

About a couple of years ago, a friend of mine was looking for Indian coffee varieties to try out for espresso and asked me for some recommendations. Most coffee roasters I could find online were mostly selling espresso blends. Apart from Navio, who stood out with a range of coffee with espresso roast profile. 

🔗 Where to find them https://naivo.in/

Rossette Coffee Lab

Delhi based roasters have been experimenting with a bunch of coffee since their formation days. I found a lot of interesting coffee on their website now. Coffees I tired from them in 2025

• Ratnagiri Yeast CM Naturals ( SCA 87+) / Light Roast / Yeast Carbonic Maceration. This coffee blew my mind. Loved every sip of this coffee. ♥️
• Ratnagiri Inoculated Washed (SA 87) / Light-medium Roast / 82H Nitrogen Yeast – It’s really sweet and interesting, I could sense the Lychee flavour. It’s just that it’s not for everyone, it’s not for me for all my mood either. 

🔗 Where to find them  https://rossettecoffee.com/

The Caffeine Baar

The Caffeine Baar brings coffee experience from farm to cup. All coffees are grown and processed at Baarbara Estate. 

Coffees that I ordered from them in 2024, drank in their cafe in 2024-25 and loved. 

• Baarbara Estate Frozen Cherry 😇
• Baarbara Estate Intenso Yeast Fermentation 😇

I definitely want to call out how thoughtful their bar experience is at their cafe, where they have a set up where a barista can make a coffee right in front of a customer and they can have a conversation about it. 

🔗 Where to find them https://www.thecaffeinebaar.com/

Grey Soul Coffee Roasters

I noticed Grey Soul Coffee Roasters from fellow coffee enthusiasts over instagram. They are a Pune based roaster, who produce awesome coffee that comes in a beautiful / minimal packaging. The passion to document the story of the coffee and educate customers about it on the coffee bags are commendable.

These are the 3 coffee I tried from them in 2025. 

• #1 Fruit Forward Series – Intenso Yeast Inoculated Naturals (Light-Med) – Loved it! Absolutely stunning. Enjoyed every cup till it lasted. ♥️
• #5 High Scoring Series – Cataui Nano Lot (Light-Med Roast) – This was very balanced and enjoyable coffee. I tried this on a mokapot, aeropress and pour over. Everything tasted quite good. 😇
• #4 North Easter India Series – Nagaland Zunheboto Naturals (Light Profile) – I didn’t enjoy this much. 

🔗 Where to find them https://greysoul.coffee/

Marc’s Coffee

I have purchased a set of coffee from Marc’s Coffee recently. 

• Balamadi wild [Naturals, Medium Roast] – Brought this coffee in my work trip to Jakarta, and brewing this in the hotel in an Aeropress, with a 1:13.5 ratio. The resultant coffee is bliss – a balanced taste. I am loving this coffee so far. ♥️
• Mahaseer’s Hope – SL 9 Kerehaklu Estate [Washed, Light Roast] – I had previewed it in a small sample of 18 hour cold drip. Further I brewed it at home, love the refreshing acidity. Need to get this again♥️

🔗 Where to find them https://marcscoffees.com/

Black Baza Coffee

Black baza is one of my favourite coffee roasters. It’s not just because of the quality, but also all the social causes that it stands for, environmental and social. They have recently won the SCA’s sustainability award as a recognition. The work that they do, stands out even without any such award. They work very closely with the coffee growers at a grassroot level. They bring out the stories about coffee, nature and more to their customers in a very community like way. I am a regular subscriber to their coffee, and I recently subscribed to their microlots. 

There are a few notable microlots that I loved 

• Potter’s wasp [Pulp Sun Dried, Light Roast] ♥️
• Red Honey [Anaerobic fermentation, Medium Roast] 😇

🔗 Where to find them https://www.blackbazacoffee.com/

Araku Coffee

One of the Roasters I really love and respect. They work closely with small farmers to support them with global best practices and support them with a more than fair price. They have been at it for decades now. On the other hand, they have been consistently delivering great roasts to brew, savour and love. 

Araku coffee comes from Araku valley in Andhra Pradesh. My love for Araku coffee is a bit older. I have done a couple of 101 training courses for coffee tasting and coffee roasting. Along with that I came across their coffee, and I love all their coffees. However, there was one coffee I tried in 2024 for the first time. 

• Grand Reserve [Washed + Naturals, Medium Roast] – This provides a lovely, complex cup of coffee. ♥️

These are the coffee I have trying out earlier: 

• Microclimate [Naturals, Medium Roast] – A lovely fruity coffee, that I keep going back to once in a while 😇
• Signature [Washed & Naturals, Medium Roast] – I have used this to make turkish coffee in Cezve as well. 😇
• Selection [Blend of washed, honey & natural processes, Medium-dark Roast – I have used this to make turkish coffee in Cezve as well. 😇

🔗 Where to find them https://www.arakucoffee.in/

I am still identifying the next set of Indian coffee roasters to try. Suggestions are welcome.

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