Gardens of Delight
A post-lockdown road trip to Chikmagalur in Karnataka is awash with sights of rolling coffee plantations, cascading falls, and important lessons in history God BLESS BABA Buden, the 17th century Sufi saint who ‘smuggled’ seven raw coffee beans from Yemen as he was returning after hajj to his home in Chikmagalur, a hill station in […]
Once There Was A Coffee Bean
The story of how one of the world’s favourite beverages came to be grown in India is as fascinating as the place where it transforms from the bean to the cup. Set in the lap of nature and luxury, this is the home of coffee in India—Chikmagalur. Along, long time ago, sometime in 1600 CE, […]
