Monsooned Malabar AA Green Coffee Beans 1 kg

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India Arabica Monsooned Malabar AA ASPINWALL - unroasted coffee beans

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Green Arabica coffee from India in a 1 kg pack, ready for you to roast. Monsooned Malabar beans spend the monsoon season in partly open warehouses on India's Malabar coast, where the damp winds change their colour, size, texture and flavour. Once roasted, the coffee is sweet, creamy and powerful, with hints of spicy chocolate and nuts. In blends it can take the place of Robusta while keeping everything Arabica.

Details

This is India Arabica Monsooned Malabar AA from ASPINWALL: green coffee beans in a 1 kg pack. They have not been roasted yet, so they are meant for home roasters and anyone who roasts their own blends. AA is the top size grade for Indian Arabica, given to the largest beans.

Where the monsoon comes in

The style goes back to the days when green coffee from India travelled to Europe in wooden sailing ships. Going round the Cape of Good Hope, the journey lasted about six months, and on the way the beans were exposed to the damp monsoon air. By the time they arrived they had changed in colour, size, texture and flavour, and the coffee had become spicier and creamier.

Faster, better-protected transport later took that character away. To bring it back, a controlled method was developed: during the monsoon season the beans are stored in warehouses along the Malabar coast, left partly open so the moist monsoon winds can blow through.

Flavour and use

Roasted, Monsooned Malabar is sweet, creamy and powerful, with hints of spicy chocolate and nuts. That makes it a useful blending coffee: where you would rather not use Robusta, it gives you an alternative that keeps the blend entirely Arabica.

At a glance

Coffee: India Arabica Monsooned Malabar AA
Origin: India, Malabar coast
Species: Arabica
Process: monsooned
State: green (unroasted), roast before use
Contents: 1 kg
Flavour once roasted: sweet, creamy, spicy chocolate, nuts

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Product code	CDJ-OB-0010
EAN	8720598671162
Brand	Café du Jour
Produced in	India

Supplier Aspinwall & Co. Ltd. is one of the first commercial companies in Malabar, along the coast of South India, established in 1867 by the legendary English merchant and visionary, John H. Aspinwall.

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Which flavour notes can I expect from these Monsooned Malabar beans after roasting?

After roasting, these beans are characterised by a creamy, powerful flavour with notes of spicy chocolate, nuts, and sometimes a slight saltiness. Some customers also describe a fruity aroma when grinding. It is a unique coffee for people who like to try something different.

Do these beans still need to be roasted before I can make coffee?

Yes, these India Arabica Monsooned Malabar AA ASPINWALL are unroasted (green) coffee beans. They still need to be roasted at home or in a roastery before they are suitable for making coffee.

Do the unroasted Monsooned Malabar beans have a specific aroma before or after roasting?

These beans have a distinctive, slightly salty aroma both before and after roasting. After grinding, you may also notice fruity aromas. These are typical characteristics of the monsooning process.

Can I use these beans as a 100% Arabica substitute for Robusta in blends?

Yes, that is certainly possible! This Monsooned Malabar arabica is particularly powerful and creamy and is often used in blends where you would normally use robusta but want to create a 100% arabica blend with comparable strength.

Why are these beans ‘Monsooned’ and what does that mean for the flavour?

These beans undergo the so-called 'monsooning' process, during which they are exposed to humid monsoon winds for months. As a result, their colour, size and structure change, and they develop their characteristic creamy, spicy-smooth flavour. This also makes the coffee less acidic and fuller-bodied.