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About Mondul AA
In the northern highlands of Tanzania, you’ll find the Arusha region. The Mondul Coffee Estate is situated on the slopes of the Monduli mountains. It’s quite a large estate and half of it is fully dedicated to coffee trees. There’s quite a few varieties grown on the estate; the main one is Kent, but there are also hybrids and bourbon mutations not seen anywhere else.
In the past, coffees in Tanzania were processed using a style similar to wet hulling, which produced a distinct profile, but also seemed to contribute to rapid aging of the coffees once processed. Now, they employ an ultra-clean washed process and local sourcing orgs have invested in agronomic training for the producers. These two changes have contributed to increased cup quality from this area.
After picking and depulping, the coffee is fermented overnight to encourage the breakdown of sugars. Then it travels through channels to soaking tanks where it's carefully cleaned, soaked and then spread on raised drying tables. (Fun fact! The waste water used in the processing is discarded in soaking pits, and is also recirculated for conservation.) The drying coffee is continuously sorted, and hand turned during its 7-15 days on the drying tables.
Also! Tanzania uses a similar grading system to Kenya (AA, AB, PB), which simply denotes the size of the beans. They are sorted via screens with AA (this lot!) being the largest of the three.
We’re excited to bring you a selection from another African country, and one at a pretty friendly price point. We’ve found this coffee to be creamy and sweet with a hint of beautiful acidity and we can’t wait for you to try it.
REGION: Arusha, Tanzania
FARM: Mondul Coffee Estate
VARIETAL: N39, Kent (KT 423), Blue Mountain
ALTITUDE: 1,600 - 1,800 meters
PRODUCER: Arusha Mondul
PROCESS: Washed, Dried on Raised Beds
Sourced through our partners at Red Fox.
Tastes like
Melon, Apricot, Honey
Brewing Recommendation
While we strive to roast our coffees to be enjoyable using any brewing method, try this coffee on Kalita or Chemex
Drip Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
Kalita Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
We ship almost all orders same or next day, Monday-Friday. We ship via USPS and typically orders take 2-5 days arrive. (But, as you may know, once we drop your package off, shipping times are out of our control.)
The coffee is usually roasted within one business day (Monday-Friday) of shipment. We recommend waiting at least 3-4 days after the roasting date before brewing. (And we think the sweet spot is around 2 weeks!)
All our coffees will be somewhere in the vicinity of a light to medium roast.
The way we approach roasting coffees is called 'profile roasting' meaning that we create a unique roasting profile for each coffee based on the characteristics of each bean (density, size, moisture level within the bean, etc) and how it reacts while roasting so that we can get what we believe to be the best expression possible for each of our coffees!
Lucky for you, any of our coffees can be brewed as espresso!
We aim to roast our coffee so that it tastes great in a variety of brew methods. (Fun fact: espresso is a brew method, not a type of coffee bean!)
If one of our offerings sounds good to you, we bet you’ll like it on espresso too! But, we always like to suggest Tres Banderas as a starting point for espresso.
No, most of our coffees aren’t ‘certified’ organic. But!! That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not grown using organic processes. For many of the farms/mills that we purchase coffee from, the cost of the certification could put them out of business — new and separate equipment, cost of application process, the time spent going through certification (multiple years), etc. You can read more on the topic in our blog post here.
We are not officially fair trade certified and typically do not purchase Fair Trade certified coffees. We believe the system is a good one, and has helped many farmers and families earn a better living, however, one thing it does not address well is quality of product, and we typically pay much higher prices for higher quality.
Fair trade usually offers farmers a small premium (about $.40) on top of whatever the current market price for coffee is. We either work directly with producers or importers that already pay well above Fair Trade prices for high quality coffees. We pay top prices for great coffees regardless of any certification. Please feel free toreach out to us if you have any other questions regarding our buying practices.
Your enthusiastic satisfaction with your order is our top priority! If you are dissatisfied with your purchase, please contact us to discuss available options.
You have 30 calendar days to return an item from the date the order was placed. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it in and must be in the original packaging.
Please note that we cannot accept returns on coffee because it is a perishable item. If we made an error in fulfilling your coffee order, we will, of course, make it right! Just contact us and we’ll get everything sorted.
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