Stauf's is the first roaster I have encountered so far to offer coffee from India. Of course, specialty coffee is no stranger to the country. In the past view decades, India has become an increasingly more dominant region in the world of coffee. The phenomenon of monsoons in India gives India an edge that no other growing region in the world can duplicate. Long ago, when coffee was exported from India via sailboats, the humidity of the monsoon season would cause the beans to turn from their natural green to a strange shade of yellow. Customers got used to this and now, even today when quick delivery of beans does not allow the humidity to take effect, beans from India are expected to be yellow. Now, beans harvested during the monsoon season of May and June are intentionally "monsooned." They are lain, for periods of 5 days, in buildings specially designed to allow for the humidity to naturally work into the beans. This process allows the traditional color and flavor of Indian coffee to be preserved. Most of the high-quality coffee from in India is grown in the southern peninsula, particularly in Kerala state (Malabar) and in Tamil Nadu state.
Tasting: Aroma***; heavy earthy scent peppered with sharp spices. Acidity*; very little. Smooth and well-rounded. Body*****; heavy layers cake on the tongue and leave an enduring aftertaste. Flavor***; dull mint, buttery cream, slightly sweet, and heavily spiced.
I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good Asian coffee. It has all of the characteristics with perhaps not as much of the harsh earthy undercurrents of a Sumatra. Great dinner coffee. Good for fall and spring seasons.
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