India
Monsoon Malabar
Monsoon Malabar
Monsoon Malabar
Kent
950
Regular
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What to Expect
This is India's Monsoon Malabar, a dark-roasted, monsooned coffee from the Malabar coast. The beans are exposed to monsoon winds and rain in open warehouses, swelling dramatically and developing a bold, earthy, spicy character that's unlike anything else. It's heavy, pungent, and musty in the best possible way.
The Cup
Expect a heavy, syrupy body with low acidity and deep, earthy flavours. This is not a bright or fruity coffee. The monsooning process strips away the sharpness and leaves you with something dark, spicy, and almost tobacco-like. It's clean in the sense that there's no ferment funk, but the dominant character is bold and brooding. The roast is taken well into second crack, so oils coat the beans and the flavour leans into roasty, musty depth rather than origin nuance.
Who This Is For
If you like your coffee strong, dark, and full-bodied, this will suit you. It's for drinkers who want intensity and aren't looking for delicate floral notes or bright acidity.
If you prefer clean, fruity, or tea-like coffees, this one will not appeal to you.
Best for: Dark roast lovers who want a heavy, spicy, low-acid cup with serious body.
How to Brew This Coffee
Espresso is where this coffee shines, especially poured short for a syrupy, intense shot that works beautifully in milk. French Press will emphasise the heavy body and earthy character, giving you a full-flavoured, musty cup. Moka pot suits the bold, low-acid profile and delivers the kind of strong, concentrated coffee this bean was made for.
India
Monsoon Malabar
We enhance these descriptions ourselves and check them by hand, but mistakes can happen. The roaster's own wording is shown below. If anything arrives not as described, contact us and we'll put it right.
Description from Roaster
This is one of the great, aged coffees of the world and a favourite of ours and our customers. If you like your coffee strong this is the one. It takes it's name from the Malabar region in Southern India. The harvested beans are stored in warehouses awaiting the monsoon. When ...Description from Roaster
This is one of the great, aged coffees of the world and a favourite of ours and our customers. If you like your coffee strong this is the one.
It takes it's name from the Malabar region in Southern India. The harvested beans are stored in warehouses awaiting the monsoon. When the monsoon arrives the warehouse doors are opened and the beans are exposed to the wind and rain whereupon they enlarge dramatically.
This process helps give them their unique flavour characteristics, which are bold, pungent and spicy. It is a dark roast, for those who like deep, strong, musty flavours. The process makes them somewhat inconsistent and the coffee may vary from batch to batch.
Please note that this roast is taken well into second crack and oils have already coated the beans. It will be really oily after a few days. We actually think this coffee is at its best about five days after roasting.
As an espresso, pour this one short (don't allow so much water through), it will be more syrupy and intense with less bitterness! It is definitely one to try and makes an amazing milk based coffee. Our favourite drink with this coffee would be a flat white although I find 2 shots in a small cup just a bit too much so I'm about 1 1/2 shots with milk! Mr Monsoon on the other hand likes 2 full shots and poured short!
This description comes from Monsoon Estates Coffee Company, who roasts this coffee. For the fullest product detail, you can also see their own listing at Monsoon Estates Coffee Company
Ways to Brew
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Espresso
Coffees hand-picked for espresso, chosen by analysing each one's roast, body and flavour rather than relying on the roaster's label. These are beans with the sweetness, depth and structure to pull a rich, balanced shot under pressure, from chocolatey blends to fruit-forward single origins. Every coffee here earned its place by how it actually performs in the basket. New to pulling shots? Read our espresso brewing basics.
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French Press
A collection of coffees matched to full-immersion brewing, where a metal filter lets body and oils come through in full. We've analysed each one for the weight and richness that suit the press, giving you bold, textured, deeply satisfying cups. If you like your coffee full-bodied, these beans are chosen for you. New to it? See our guide to French press brewing.
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Moka
Coffees curated for the moka pot's concentrated, stovetop intensity, each assessed for how it stands up to high-heat brewing. We look for robust body and low-acidity sweetness that carry through this method, delivering the strong, espresso-adjacent cup the moka pot is known for. First time brewing? Read how to use a moka pot.
Monsoon Estates Coffee Company
Monsoon Estates is a craft coffee roastery located near Stratford-upon-Avon, dedicated to hand-roasting small batches of speciality coffee in an ongoing pursuit of quality and discovery. With a focus on exploring new and interesting coffee origins from around the world, the team continually refines its understanding of sourcing and roasting to move ever closer to what they describe as the “perfect cup,” while acknowledging it as a journey rather than a destination. Alongside their roasting work, Monsoon Estates maintains a strong local presence, selling coffee at weekly markets in Stratford and Warwick and welcoming customers to their on-site coffee shop and tasting room. This relaxed space offers visitors the chance to slow down, sample different coffee origins, and enjoy a quiet, welcoming spot just outside the bustle of Stratford-upon-Avon, reflecting the roastery’s commitment to craft, community, and experience.
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