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INDIAN MONSOON MALABAR

Very Strong

A high roast coffee with a deep flavour, a smooth body and light acidity. With notes of malt, earth and cocoa. The colour, shape, and size of these beans from India, as well as their aroma and taste, are the result of special post-harvest processing......

£6.90
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A high roast coffee with a deep flavour, a smooth body and light acidity. With notes of malt, earth and cocoa. 

The colour, shape, and size of these beans from India, as well as their aroma and taste, are the result of special post-harvest processing. Historically, coffee was shipped to Europe in wooden sailing vessels that took four to six months to sail around the Cape of Good Hope and up to their destinations. Stored below the water line and kept in an atmosphere made humid by seawater seeping through the wood, the beans underwent a transformation on their long journey to market. The bright-green beans would arrive pale gold, doubled in size and with an entirely new cup profile.

This "monsooning" process was later systematically replicated in India, with the goal of providing European customers with the cup profile they'd first become accustomed to from India and continued to demand.

The monsooning process consists of exposing natural coffee beans, in 4 to 6 inch-thick piles, to moisture-laden monsoon winds in a well-ventilated brick or concrete-floored warehouse. This process is carried out on the West Coast of India, making use of the winds from the Arabian Sea during the Southwest Monsoon months of June through September.

To equalize moisture absorption, the beans are raked frequently. During this 12- to 16-week process, the beans absorb moisture in stages, swelling to nearly twice their original size and developing colours ranging from pale gold to light brown. After several weeks, the coffee is re-bulked, graded again, bagged and moved to a drier region for longer-term storage.

Beans: Arabica

Process: Washed/Monsooned

 

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Anonymous
Good coffee delivered on time

I order coffee online from Algerian Coffee Stores. I am very pleased with the service and the quality of the coffee

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Nigel Pompeus
I only drink this coffee.

This is my favourite coffee of all time, perfectly roasted every time with just the right bitter notes and a lovely chocolatey finish. It makes superlative cortados.

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Mark Springall
The best coffee store in London

I always buy my coffee beans from here, either by post or in person. Back in the 1970’s my family used to go to this store and I’ve continued the tradition. The store is small and can feel cramped at times BUT the staff are amazing, friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. I love this shop!

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Leslie Barras
Monsoon Malabar

Makes an excellent Americano

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Sue Clarke
Monsoon malabar

Smooth and full of flavour - an easy
and delicious cup anytime of day