Tastings · Bangalore
Explore Indian Coffee Through a Guided Tasting
Taste Indian specialty coffee with the 6oz Coffee team at our Ulsoor café. Personal, group and corporate tastings are available by enquiry.
The experience
What a tasting experience involves
A guided tasting is a relaxed but focused session where you smell, sip and compare Indian coffees while learning why they taste the way they do.
Introduction
We set the context: what specialty coffee means in India and how coffees are selected and brewed at 6oz.
Taste
You taste a flight of coffees, practising flavour-spotting and comparing processing methods.
Take away
You leave with a clearer sense of origin, roast and brewing — and which profiles you enjoy most.
Indian coffee origins
Where the coffee in your cup comes from
India's coffee landscape includes established southern growing regions and distinctive emerging origins. The coffees explored in each tasting depend on the current 6oz selection and may not include every region listed here.
Established origins
Karnataka
India's largest coffee-growing state — Chikmagalur, Coorg, Baba Budan Giri and Sakleshpur, from spiced high-grown Arabica to bold, earthy cups.
Kerala
Wayanad and the surrounding hills, long associated with Robusta as well as the coastal monsooning tradition of the Malabar coast.
Tamil Nadu
The Shevaroys, Nilgiris and Pulneys, where higher-altitude Arabica often shows cleaner acidity and floral character.
Distinctive and emerging origins
Araku Valley
Andhra Pradesh highlands where tribal cooperatives grow Arabica known for sweetness and delicate fruit notes.
Koraput
An Odisha growing region producing small volumes of high-grown Arabica with a distinctive, evolving character.
Northeast India
Emerging plots across Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, still small in scale but increasingly distinctive.
Want a deeper read? Read about Indian specialty coffee.
What you'll learn
Aroma, flavour and processing
The tasting focuses on the sensory links between how coffee is grown, processed and what you taste in the cup.
Aroma
Expect notes of nuts, cocoa, spice and subtle florals — Indian specialty Arabica can carry clove, cardamom and jasmine-like fragrance.
Flavour
Regional terroir gives cups a range from bright stone fruit and citrus to deeper caramel, chocolate and tobacco depending on the lot.
Processing
Washed, natural and honey processed lots each taste different. We talk through how the same cherry can taste clean, fruity or sweet depending on method.
Roast approach
Roast character influences sweetness, acidity, body and aroma — we look at how roast level changes the way an origin reads in the cup.
Formats
Individual, group and corporate options
Choose the format that suits you. Each tasting is private and arranged after we confirm the details with you.
Individual
A one-on-one guided tasting for curious coffee drinkers who want to taste Indian coffees side by side.
Private group
A hosted tasting for friends, family or celebrations — group size and format are confirmed when you book.
Corporate
A structured coffee experience for teams, clients or events — straight from our corporate coffee programme.
For fully tailored team experiences, see corporate coffee services.
Duration
How long is a tasting?
Session length is confirmed when your booking is discussed. We don't publish fixed durations because each tasting is shaped around the number of coffees, group size and format.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Upcoming tasting dates
Scheduled tastings at our Ulsoor café. All times are Asia/Kolkata (IST).
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Private tasting enquiry form
Book your guided tasting
Tell us the format you have in mind and we'll follow up to confirm availability, duration and format.