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
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
