About The Coffee

Monse absolutely shines when brewed as filter coffee, whether batch brew or V60 she will no doubt put a smile on your face with her syrupy honey sweetness, balanced with juicy peach and hints of chamomile.We are incredibly proud to partner with Bean Voyage and bring you this wonderful coffee from innovative, first-gen producer Monse Prado.

Bean Voyage is a feminist organisation building an equitable value chain with smallholder womxn farmers in Costa Rica.

ABOUT MONSE…

After working in San Jose, Monse returned to Tarrazu to live with her partner. As a young professional with endless dreams and strong work ethics, Monse began her journey into the coffee production world. Her partner’s family have been life-long coffee producers and she wanted to help them to see that there is more to coffee production beyond farming. Her partner, an agricultural engineer, designed a micro-mill for Monse to manage everything on her own. This innovative micro-mill has a uniquely vertical design and is certified by the local govt for its efficient water and energy usage. Monse’s ethos for Ditso is built around coffee quality and ecological preservation and is a member of the NAMA Cafe Project, a unique worldwide project that seeks to measure and mitigate the environmental impact of coffee activity. as one of the region’s younger coffee producers, she collaborates with the others in the group to bring more innovative ideas.

“I believe that the constant challenge as a woman is to be able to show that we can contribute to the world of coffee and develop in the activity, and that we can also do it in an excellent way” Monse says.

TASTE NOTES

PEACH. CHAMOMILE. WILD HONEY. PETAL POWER.

PRODUCER: MONSE PRADO, DITSO MICRO MILL.

REGION: TARRAZU

VARIETY: CATURRA, CATUAI

PROCESS: HONEY

ALTITUDE: 1800 MASL

ROAST PROFILE: OMNI

Our preferred espresso recipe for Monse is 18.5g in/30g out, extracting between 28-30 seconds.

Be sure to check out the story of this coffee here at GWGC’s website

“We are a womxn-led, anti-patriarchy specialty coffee roastery and rebellion movement.  We source all our coffees exclusively from change-making womxn producers.  We celebrate their work and share their stories, ensuring representation and  visibility and, what the hell, roast their crazy delicious coffee.

To give back to the producers in exchange for everything they give, above and beyond the beans themselves, we run the Cheek to Cheek initiative, putting 10% of the sale price of all our retail coffees back into their pockets.  They are part of our team, part of the rebellion.

Our lives were saved by coffee and rebellion, but the rebellion doesn’t end with coffee, that’s just the beginning.  We are a community of rebels making positive changes in other areas that the patriarchy would love to see us shut out of. Nice try.  We seek out fellow anarchists who do their own thing and dismantle misogyny along the way.  Skaters, bikers, writers, riders, punks and producers, engineers and entrepreneurs, join the rebellion.  Through collaborative events, sponsorship, ambassadorship and more; we are here to support you, to be seen and heard, and stay strong AF doing it.

We are two things.  Pro-coffee and anti-patriarchy.  And awesome.  That’s three things.  Deal with it.”

Here at The Malt Miller we are focused on finding new and interesting Coffee for you to enjoy at home either as a stand alone beverage or for you to brew beer with. We offer the option for your coffee to be ground to order or for you to have it delivered as whole beans, all in quantity’s that you specific and work for your needs.

We offer the option to grind coffee for either filter or espresso. We grind your coffee for a generic setting that will suit a lot of purposes, if you choose espresso grind please note this has been set to grind for a “pressurised” machine that you might find in most domestic settings however if you have a more advanced espresso machine we would recommend whole bean and grinding at home so you can dial in your perfect shot.