The economy of India has begun to encourage free global marketing. In 1998, the Indian parliament decided to allow coffee growers to sell 100% of the product on the open market. The Arabica coffee growing region is basically 3 states in the Southwest. These coffees can be described as having good body, low acidity, mellow sweetness and a well balanced strong flavor. The most interesting is the unwashed Monsooned Malabar. In the times when coffee took months to transport, the beans took on a characteristic color and flavor. These desirable attributes are reproduced by exposing the coffee for about six weeks to the humid monsoon winds that begin in May.