Bean weathered by the south-west monsoon on the Malabar coast, pale of body, low of acidity, a house of its own.
The Particulars
- Origin
- Malabar Coast, Kerala
- Form
- Monsoon-weathered green bean
- Character
- Pale body, low acidity
- Season
- Monsooned June to September
- Process
- Open warehouses, south-west wind
- Grades
- The classic grade, taken at the coast
- Packing
- 60 kg jute
- Carriage
- Shipped in the dry months
- Disposition
- A house of its own
Bean weathered by the south-west winds on the Malabar coast, pale of body and low of acidity. A house of its own among Indian coffees.
Provenance
Monsooning is the Malabar coast's accident made craft: green bean laid in open warehouses through the south-west monsoon, swelling and paling in the wet wind. What the sea voyage once did to coffee bound for Europe, the coast now does deliberately, and better.
Carriage & Grade
The finished bean is pale, bold, and nearly without acid: a cup that exists nowhere else in the coffee world. The house carries monsooned lots in their classic grade, taken at the coast and shipped in the dry months that follow the weathering.