Monticello

Coffee Profile

Tobacco, cedar, lemongrass, caraway, cardamon

Origin

Indonesian West Java Blue Sunda Estate

What to expect from this coffee

A creamy mouth feel complemented by hints of flowers and spices, and finished with a very subtle earthy note characteristic of coffee from Java.

About this coffee roast

In 1824, Thomas Jefferson hailed coffee as "the favorite beverage of the civilised world." He reveled in the coffee houses of Williamsburg and Paris, extending its hospitality to the President's House, Poplar Forest, and his cherished Monticello.  Jefferson, famously, had a discerning palate, favoring beans imported from both the East and West Indies while shunning the "green" or unripe beans then popular in America. During his retirement, Jefferson estimated that a pound of coffee was consumed daily at Monticello, stocking his cellar with barrels of unroasted beans, some weighing up to sixty pounds.  In the Monticello kitchen, small batches of beans were meticulously served according to the recipe of Adrien Petit, Jefferson's esteemed French maître d'hôtel: 

“On one measure of the coffee ground into meal pour three measures of boiling water. Boil it on hot ashes mixed with coal till the meal disappears from the top, when it will be precipitated. Pour it three times through a flannel strainer. It will yield 2 1/3 measures of clear coffee.”

Coffee, brewed to perfection, graced the breakfast table and likely accompanied post-dinner conversations, served from a silver urn designed to Jefferson's exacting specifications.

Net Weight

285g, Whole Bean Coffee