Indian monsoon coffee

When it comes to India, the first thing that comes to mind is the population second only to our country. India has a long history. Ancient India is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world. India was strong in the period of Ashoka. India is also one of the fastest growing countries in the developing world. The growing popularity of yoga is also inextricably linked to India. Yoga first appeared in ancient India 5000 years ago. The original meaning of the word yoga is combination and harmony. The practice of yoga in ancient India was to pursue the highest realm of the unity of man and nature. In the 2nd century AD, Pata ñ jali wrote the Yoga Sutra, which defined yoga as: niyama's pure conduct; Asana body posture; Pranayama breath control; dharana concentration; dhyana meditation; Samadhi to the realm of goodness and other branches intended to spread the essence of yoga wisdom. Rishikesh, located in the northern Indian state of Uttarnchal, is the capital of yoga in the world. More than 60% of the world's qualified yoga instructors have practiced in Rishikesh.

(famous scenic spot-- Taj Mahal)

(Kerala-the Kingdom of God in the hearts of Indians)

I believe most people have never heard of Indian coffee. Indeed, India's coffee is not a very well-known brand, more than half of the coffee is Robusta coffee, Arabica coffee production is very small. Most coffee is exported to Russia, Germany and Italy. India is also a famous producer of black tea, so it is not surprising that coffee is not famous. But when it comes to monsoon coffee, I believe many coffee lovers have heard of it. What does monsoon coffee have to do with India?

In the early days, monsoon coffee refers to a special kind of coffee, but now it more represents the special treatment of coffee beans. In an era of underdeveloped transportation, it took months to ship raw coffee beans from India to Europe. After such a long time, the color of the coffee beans changed from green to faint yellow after arriving at the destination, coupled with the influence of the sea breeze and the sea for a long time, the coffee made from this coffee bean has different taste characteristics of other coffee. It seems to have the flavor of sea breeze and ocean, and is deeply loved by Europeans, so this kind of coffee is called monsoon coffee.

With the progress of the times, the means of transportation are becoming more and more advanced, and it is not necessary to use shipping to transport coffee and raw beans. This enables coffee to retain its original characteristics after arriving at its destination, but it loses its special flavor, which makes people who are used to monsoon coffee not very satisfied. so coffee producers in India invented monsoon coffee, which is produced by monsoon.

From May to June every year, southwestern India is affected by the southwest monsoon, and the rainy and dry seasons occur alternately. During this period, coffee producers heap raw coffee beans to about 20 centimeters high and place them next to a special building (to protect coffee beans from being affected in case of rain) for a week or so. In the meantime, use a rake to pick up the coffee beans from time to time to make the sun shine more fully and evenly. Then put the coffee beans loosely into a bag and let them be blown by the monsoon. Repeatedly take the beans out of the bag and put them back over a period of 7 weeks, so that the monsoon coffee is initially made. Finally, just make a hand selection and bag the high-quality raw beans for export. Although there is no bumpy experience at sea, the flavor of this kind of coffee after monsoon treatment is similar to that of the previous coffee, which is only an understandable feeling. Imagine that such a natural and romantic process will give people a little more praise for the taste of the coffee.

India's monsoon coffee is most famous for "Monsoon Malaba" and "Monsoon Bassanicoli", especially for the latter. There are other countries that ferment raw beans in order to achieve a similar flavor of monsoon coffee, but they do not use monsoon to treat raw beans as India does. Monsoon coffee can be said to be one of the highlights of Indian coffee.

Although India is famous for its black tea production, it can be produced with the characteristics of monsoon coffee. Indian coffee should have great potential for development. After all, India's coffee industry was booming before the rust that devastated India's coffee production. Maybe one day the Indian coffee industry will be able to regain its former glory. Looking forward to more specialty coffee dedicated to the world, looking forward to the wave of boutique coffee is also more popular.

(blue Peacock, the National Bird of India)