My World- Coffee

The coffee plant was brought to India in the 13th century by the Arab Sufi saint Baba Budan. He planted it near the cave in the Western Ghats, where he meditated. Now there are coffee plantations all along the Wester Ghats.

The coffee gardens are eco- friendly places, where other native plants also thrive whereas the tea gardens are unfriendly, monoculture plantations.

In this season, te coffee berries are still green. Whan they ripen, they are plucked by hand, dried and roasted, before being powdered.

Coffee is the preferred beverage of South Indians, while tea is that of North Indians. When I go for my early morning walk, I enjoy the invigorating smell of fresh coffee being brewed in all the homes on my way.

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