Journal

Notes written on the estate — what the season did, what the tank did, and what showed up on the cupping table afterwards.

Carrying a ferment forward

Mosto is not an ingredient. It is a microbial lineage the estate keeps alive from one batch to the next.

18 Jan 2026Process

Hands sorting fermented coffee on a winnowing tray at Dimbada Estate

Archive

04 Dec 2025The residentsPeacocks at sunrise, deer at dusk. On a wildlife-first estate, the animals are not visitors to be managed around.Estate
22 Nov 2025What 85.5 actually meansThe estate's top lot this season is a Robusta. That sentence is still doing a lot of work in specialty coffee.Process

Every entry begins on the hillside.