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Josuma Coffee

Malabar Gold Espresso

Roaster Location: Menlo Park, California
Coffee Origin: A blend of coffees from southern India.
Roast Level: Medium
Agtron: 45/59
Review Date: April 2002
Aroma: 7
Body: 8
Flavor: 6
With Milk: 8

Blind Assessment

In the small cup full and buttery in body, in flavor grainy, sharply malty/musty, with dry, pleasing cherry-like fruit notes. Cappuccino-quantities of milk sweeten the profile, accentuating the fruit and turning the grainy tones pleasantly nut-like. At its best in big milk, where it its fat, buttery body masters the dairy with pure weight and character rather than with bitterness. (86 straight espresso, 90 w/milk)

Notes

Josuma Coffee is a distinguished importer of India coffees. Josuma's Malabar Gold Espresso is an all-Indian espresso blend that takes advantage of the wide range of espresso-friendly coffees produced in India, including Monsooned Malabar (dry-processed arabica coffee systematically exposed to moist monsoon winds) and fine, wet-processed robustas. Visit www.josuma.com or call 1-650-366-5453 for more info.

Who Should Drink It

Caffé latte drinkers and anyone interested in this blend's unusual character and explicit use of robustas and Monsooned Malabars.

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This review originally appeared in the April, 2002 tasting report: Brewing Espresso at Home

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