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| Two variants of Sunbean Gourmet Coffee |
Coffee is that one ingredient which since
its inception has been a favorite around the world and has been prepared in
number of ways. But, most commonly coffee is always seen as a beverage.
Cappuccino, espresso, filter kaapi are all just various examples of what you
can make with coffee as the base. Like grapes for wines, coffee beans also have
a distinct character when grown in different regions and climates.
We learnt that a lot of factors contribute
to the final taste of the coffee in your cup, at the Launch of the Sunbean
Gourmet Coffee by ITC. The taste even is effected by the fineness or coarseness
of the ground beans. The event introduced us to the two varieties of Sunbean
coffee and Bangalore seemed like the perfect place to launch a coffee brand in
India.
The event started with the introduction of
the two variants by Mr. Abhijit Chakravorty, who manages the marketing of the same. He described how they picked the 2
different regions for each blend. I variety of coffee in each blend comes from
an Indian region and the other comes from a famous coffee region around the
world.
The two variants are Nicamali and Panagiri.
Nicamalai is a fruity- sweet aromatic blend of carefully selected beans from Nicaragua
and Anamalai hills and Panagiri is a fragrant coffee with strong aroma, blended
with mildly sweet Panamanian beans along with the intensely sweet flavored
Arabicas from Baba Budangiri hills. Baba Budangiri hills are considered to be
the birthplace of coffee in India where Baba Budan, a legendary saint planted
the first coffee seeds that he brought.
Our personal favorite is the Panagiri
blend. Each coffee’s logo is also carefully thought out keeping in mind the
culture of each place.
After the introductions, we had two
sessions. A coffee making and brewing session and a Coffee painting session.
The art of brewing session with Mr. Vikram Khanna was very informative on how to
grind, how to extract the flavors properly, how to blend, etc. We tried
different forms of coffee with these two blend like cinnamon honey coffee,
cappuccino, etc and all of these were beautiful to taste! We also tasted the
shots of Panagiri and Nicamali individually and both have a very distinct and
strong flavor.
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| A refreshing coffee drink with cinnamon & honey |
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| A proper Cappuccino using Sunbean |
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| Frappe created by Mr. Vikram Khanna |
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| Coffee Painting Canvas |
The coffee painting session was a creative
one and each and every person enjoyed it!
It was wonderful experience at the event
and we would recommend you to try out these coffee blends if you have a
weakness for coffee because these are wonderful indeed. The coffee variants at
the moment are available at all ITC hotels, where you can go and taste and
select which coffee you would like and you can also customize the grind size as
well. The expert baristas will help you choose the perfect blend for your
taste.
We will definitely keep you posted with the
different ways we try to make these.
So this was all about coffee!
We'll be back soon so stay tuned and bon apetit!
We'll be back soon so stay tuned and bon apetit!
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