CAFETIERE

India

The coffee industry in India, which is forty percent of India's crop is arabica, did little to encourage growers to produce with individual character, same grade bean from all regions were blended by the Indian Coffee Board under a uniform grading system after the government encourage totally free global marketing. The arabica coffee growing region of India is basically three states in the southwest. Mysore, with accounts for most of the arabica, is that grown in what is now the state of karnataka. Mysore can be described very generally as having good, low acidity, mellow sweetness a well balanced strong flavor, however, it sometimes can be described as neutral, which probably reflects on those Kent variety arabica, which generally have less distinctive flavor than the older classics like bourbon. The state of Tamil Nadu produces a good arabica, one in particular is grown in the high altitude of the Niigiri region in the state's west. 

The most interesting arabica of India in both name and taste is the unwashed "Monsooned Malabar". The Malabar coast is the western shore of the entire state of Kerala. In the days of sailing, when coffee took months to reach Europe, it developed a particular taste during the voyage because of exposure to sea air and humidity. The color also changed from green to a rather strange yellow, but the European customers fond of the enhanced body and enriched. In present days, they artificially reproduce the coffee by exposing the coffee for about six weeks to the humid south west monsoon winds that begin in May or June. It is some coffee that should try for.