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True Perfection For Gourmets & Connoisseurs

In order to mark & visualize the best possible quality we introduced our seal "Sommet Culinaire". The key is that all quality aspects are second to none in a worldwide comparison of similar products. We would like to explain this quality level with the help of our Elephant Mountain Organic Peaberry Highland Arabica as an example, the first product we awarded with this quality seal:

  1. Arabica: Undoubtedly the finest coffee variety available, but with over half of the world's coffee production being Arabica this is only a very basic conditional quality aspect.

  2. Highland: While most Arabica is grown in altitudes of 800-1200 m above sea level, the true highland quality grown in 1300 to 1800 m develops a particularly fine acid and outstanding flavour. True highland arabica is only a fraction of the total arabica grown world wide. Our arabica is grown at 1,500-1,700 m above sea level.

  3. Origin: Like with good wines, the origin and soil play a significant role in coffee. The million year old soil of vulcanic origin found on the Elephant Mountain in Northern Thailand provides the perfect base for healthy arabica plants to develop top quality coffee beans.

  4. Peaberry: Only some 4% of each harvest are peaberry grade. Instead of the normal 2 coffee beans in a coffee cherry, a small number of cherries only develop one bean, which in return has a round shape and contains the aroma concentration of two beans.

  5. Organic: No chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used for our coffee. This is by far not the rule as on some 80% of coffee grown on the Elephant Mountain the use of chemical fertilizers is still common, with the fertilizer being sponsored by the government.

  6. Processing: Each step of the processing is taken with utmost care, from hand picking of only perfectly ripe coffee cherries, to careful pulping, washing, fermenting, drying, shelling, sorting and - if required - roasting.
And with some mere 4,000 kgs being available every year, it is not only a delight but also a privilege to consume it. In case you appreciate limited availabiliy: Chateau Petrus grows a lot more wine than the Elephant Mountain Organic Peaberry Highland Arabica we can supply. Please contact us for availability and price.