Brown tip Geisha / Carbonic Maceration

It’s mid-January and you board a plane in Central Europe. After several hours, you get off in southern India and you think you’ve landed in paradise. And this feeling lasts for about an hour and a half. The high humidity combined with absurd temperatures at sea level is not an optimal environment for the average white joe, fortunately, we quickly move to the Eastern Ghats – a mountain range surrounding the town of Yercaud, situated 1500 meters above sea level. And this time it’s paradise squared!

The area is beautiful and truly unique. During the hour-long drive along narrow serpentine roads, we pass groups of monkeys at every turn, waiting for some free snacks from homo sapiens. At some point, a wonderful forest begins which will accompany us throughout the whole trip. Within it, among the first coffee trees, there are majestic pepper plants and hundreds of other tropical flora species. I can’t compare these views to anything I’ve seen before.