Tricheli and Maral Indian coffee in Kerala

Slippery and delicious coffee with uniform granules.

There are several reasons why Indian coffee is popular with all coffee hobbies, but the most important is a process used in coffee beans, often referred to as the "monsooning" process. In the past, passengers or goods sailed to and from India, which took about several months to reach Europe. During the transportation, due to the high humidity in the air, the taste and color of the raw coffee beans changed. By the time they arrived at the destination, the coffee beans had changed from the original green to a strange yellow.

Consumers are getting used to this, so when steamships shorten the journey time, coffee producers find that consumers still want beans of the same color and taste that are affected by long trips. In order to recreate the flavor of the original coffee, the "monsoon" process was used. In May and June every year, monsoons occur in southwestern India, so during the monsoon season, people spread coffee in special rooms open around them, about 12 to 20 centimeters thick, and leave them there for five days. Rake the coffee beans again and again so that all the coffee beans are exposed to the extremely humid air at that time Then put the curry beans loosely in bags and pile them up so that the monsoon can blow through the bags. The bags are reloaded and piled once a week for seven weeks until the coffee beans change color and taste. Finally, the coffee beans are hand-picked, those that are not affected by the "monsoon" are removed, and then bagged for export. October to February is a good time to make "monsoon" coffee.

In addition to Karnataka, good coffee is grown in Tellichery and Maral in the southwestern state of Kerala, as well as in Nilgiris in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu, formerly known as Madras.

The best Indian coffee is also classified as Arabian plantation coffee, with the best grades A, B, C and T. The "monsoon" coffee is divided into high-quality Malabar (Monsooned MalabarAA grade coffee) and "monsoon" Basan Nicoli (Monsooned Basanically) coffee. India also produces some bean-shaped berry coffee.

At present, the problems facing the coffee industry are serious bureaucracy, excessive taxes and lack of investment. Currently, the Coffee Council of India (Indian Cffee Board) controls the entire coffee industry, buying coffee and then selling it. Coffee is sold at mass auctions. These coffees are mixed together to reach a certain trade volume, which eliminates the differences between manors and regions, so that many high-quality coffee producers lack sufficient motivation to produce unique and high-quality coffee beans. The government tried to solve this problem in 1992, and through efforts, the famous Valley Nuggets coffee was obtained through seeds from A-grade coffee plantations in several high-quality coffee production areas. People hope this will encourage other coffee growers, because most of them are really eager to put their products into the gourmet coffee market.