Hello ,
Kev here :-),
In the last edition I introduced the first "Do This One Thing" series, and today I'm introducing the first in the "Did You Know?" series of brew time. So from now on, weekly emails in the Brew Time series will alternated between these two themes.
Did You Know?
East India Trading Corporation Invented Monsooned Malabar, kind of.
Monsooned malabar is a really interesting coffee processing method.
Well it's not really a processing method, as such, it's an ageing method used to add specific taste characteristics to coffee beans which have already been processed (meaning that the seeds have already been separated from the cherries).
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When East India Trading company started shipping coffee beans to Europe, this was a huge trip, over which the coffee beans were largely left to the elements for extended periods.
For many years, the very strong flavours of this kind of coffee was believed to be the way this coffee tastes.
However, as shipping methods become modernised, these characteristic flavour profiles began to dissipate, and it was eventually realized that some of these really specific flavour notes (including notes such as leather, tobacco and Molasses) came as part of the aging process, which no longer happened since beans are bagged & shipped in containers.
The Monsooned Malabar process was developed in order to provide a similar ageing to the beans by leaving them in open warehouses over the monsoon periods, and if you've ever tasted Monsooned Malabar beans, you'll know that this works really well!
If you've never tried these beans, I'd recommend trying them, you might not like them, they do have an acquired taste, but you might love them, and in any case it's great to experience lots of different flavour profiles to help you to develop your palate.
We don't currently have a Monsooned Malabar at The Coffeeworks, but try one of these:
| | | | | | | | Monsooned Malabar are like Marmite & Twiglets, not that they taste like this (although the classic Monsooned taste profile isn't a million miles away in my humble opinion) but in that they tend to divide the crowd into those who love it & those who hate it.
If you don't fancy a more controversial flavour, and you'd prefer a real crowd pleaser, have you tried my Chocolate Brownie Blend?
| | | Another crowd pleaser, and the best decaf I've ever tasted... the milk chocolate and caramel honduras is a stunning coffee, just check out the reviews. | | | | | |
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