The new Master Origin collection from Nespresso is now available in Qatar, it has been announced.
The Master Origin coffees are available at Blue Salon and Nespresso stores in Doha Festival City, The Pearl-Qatar and Mall of Qatar.
“What happens when five incredible landscapes come together with five specialised processes, all orchestrated hand in hand with local coffee farming experts? The result is the new Master Origin collection from Nespresso – five distinct coffee sensations all inspired by the land,” a press statement noted.
Each of the Master Origin coffees has been on a “unique journey of discovery”. “The Nespresso coffee experts scoured the world to discover the finest coffee sourcing regions, from the forested mountains of Sumatra through to the highland vales of Nicaragua. Within each selected region, Nespresso formed a partnership with the local farming experts and embarked on a mission to test innovative and demanding farming practices, all with the goal of crafting incredible new coffee aromas and tastes,” the statement explained.
In Ethiopia, the coffee beans had a meticulous raking every hour by hand to ensure even drying. In Colombia, the typical harvest time was pushed to the limit – each coffee cherry was left on the tree, risking fermentation, until it was exactly the right shade of deep purple to be picked. Over in Sumatra, Indonesia, farmers used a traditional and exceptionally local wet-hulling method, whilst in Nicaragua, a sweet approach was taken, using the ‘black honey’ method which involves leaving the coffee bean in its natural fruit layer while it is drying allowing the coffee bean to soak up the natural sugars. 
The coffee sourced in India experienced an age-old ‘monsoon’ technique that was once a natural occurrence when coffee, transported via boat, took on a high level of moisture from the ocean, making the beans swell and reveal a unique new flavour. For the Master Origin India, this process was brought into the 21st century and Robusta beans were ‘monsooned’ rather than the more typical Arabica. 
Karsten Ranitzsch, head of coffee at Nespresso, said: “Processing techniques play a hugely important role in the final coffee profile and, with the Master Origin coffees, we wanted to toy with this idea and see how we could use a mix of traditional, new and adapted methods to produce five distinct and original coffees.”