Kaffa Cerrado

We had this masterclass session with Mr Krittivas , one of the co-founder of Kaffa Cerrado. Kaffa is a place in Ethiopia and its Meaning is "A drink from berries". Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee. Cerrado is in Brazil. Together from the coffee origin to its exploration journey coined the name Kaffa Cerrado. We tried four different coffee out which two were black coffee and two were with milk. The first one was Espresso, it was bitter for me because its not diluted and the ratio of coffee is more and a person like me who doesn't drink coffee without milk may not like it also. But this espresso was different and you could taste the coffee and get distinct fragrance of it. The second coffee we tried was Ethiopian coffee which was also without milk but it was a cold brew. I liked it a lot. It had sour taste that made me drink more of this coffee. The third one was Macchiato, Salvador coffee which is a dark roast with milk and you can see the foam. It was different. The last one was the Columbian Latte, this was my personal favourite. Its with milk and cold brew. The mildest of all and it had single shot of that coffee brew as we were full just by sipping in the coffee shots. Mr Krittivas gave an interesting session on the coffee roast, brew and various aspects of coffee which was a value addition to my knowledge. Loved the session. The place is located next to the Deer Park and you could enjoy their small comfy interiors and ambience with great music and coffee.

I'm a big time speciality coffee fanboy, if I may call myself that. You give me freshly brewed coffee and I am yours for a lifetime! Yes, that is the kind of love & passion that I share for coffee. It's a relationship which is perhaps indescribable. I've been to other speciality coffee shops, like Coffee Bond, Blue Tokai, GreeenR, The Brew Room and the likes. I had, recently, heard about Kaffa Cerrado and infact got to taste their blend once or twice on an earlier occassion. The taste, the notes, the flavour did stick to me. Finally, I got to visit them and tried a handful of their hot coffee choices and I instantly knew, I had found love. I tried the flat white, cortado, dopio, and also a little bit of the latte (although I am not a huge latte fan). I was also surprised to see that they were serving the coffee tonic as well which is a very unique mix of coffee and tonic water. However, I found all the coffee that I got to taste, to be wonderful. I think I had an overdose of coffee the day I went there for a rather naive "tasting session" or atleast that's what I thought I would do - taste a few of their coffees and be done with it. But, like they say, once you've tasted blood, there's no going back! My overall experience was absolutely fantastic! I would love to go back there just to have their cortado again, as that's the one I loved the most. Also, I am looking forward to paying a visit to their Okhla outlet soon to experience the entire roasting process.