About Our Monsoon Malabar Coffee Beans

In the Indian port town of Malabar, the coffee growers store their green coffee harvest in large warehouses where it waits for the monsoon rains. When the rains arrive, the warehouse doors are opened, and the moist monsoon air circulates around the coffee beans, making them swell and take on a slight yellow colouring.

Monsoon (Monsooned) Malabar is the most famous of the 'monsooned' coffee beans, and is much sought after throughout the world. This ageing process adds a lot of spice and complexity to the bean, which is what gives the coffee its strikingly original flavour characteristics.

Monsoon Malabar arabica coffee beans are especially delicious as their light sweetness and rich body works wonders in all coffee brewers. The distinctive 'aged' spicyness is smooth an velvety, with a long and satisfying finsh.

 
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What You Will Get

All of our coffee is freshly roasted by us at our traditional family-run coffee roastery in rural Kent. You will receive a bag of coffee that is very much a premium product, where the aromas and flavours will be exceptionally delicious, and remarkably better than what you may be used to from the supermarket

About Brewing This Coffee

This coffee works fantastically well in all brewing equipment, including espresso / cappucino machines, cafetiere pots, paper / metal filter brewers, and turkish brewers.

Customer Reviews


25-Jul-09 - And I thought Monsoon Malabar is not a coffee for my taste until I tried it from CoffeeBeanShop... Luckily not overroasted, some oils to be seen though. Very deep and intense espresso, finally I start to like this coffee....
MJ


28-Jul-09 - What a great tasting coffee
allan spencer


20-Aug-09 - A Madeleine biscuit did it for Marcel Proust, but for me it's this Monsoon Malabar. Its scent, with the hint of spice, triggers India. I've tried buying Mysore elsewhere; the coffee bean shop is the only supplier that gets it fresh enough. Thought I'd have to retrace my steps, but here it is. Thank you!
Richard Hendin


02-Mar-10 - This is my staple because it's such a nice flavour: sweet and slightly spicy with a chocolatey linger. It also seems that these beans will last longer (un-ground) than others too, which is a bonus for home-use.

I can't recommend enough, give them a go!
Jonathan Allan


13-Mar-10 - This has got to be the nicest coffee we have ever tasted, smooth but rich. Delivery was amazingly fast, many thanks for a lovely service
Rob D'Arcy-Burt


17-May-10 - Best coffee I've had so far. Although they're all great this surpasses any of the others for smoothness. The rich chocolately undertones are a sheer delight. It makes a terrific creme on my espresso too!
Jane Saunders


10-Jun-10 - I was introduced to Coffee Bean Shop.co.uk by a friend who I thank as the service is excellent and the Monsoon Malabar is one of the best I have ever had with a heady and spicy scent and the taste lingers in the mouth for ages.
Margaret Walker


12-Jun-10 - This is my favourite coffee here. I make espressos with my Silvia and the espresso produced comes out like guiness! Really deep, rich flavour. Always on my order list.
Alan Hayden