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why not discuss coffee in 'Mann कयोरयापुट कॉफी अत्ंति सुस्यादु।
ki Baat'! You may recall, last year एहया ओनिशयार गौर्।
we talked about Araku coffee in [i.e. Koraput Coffee is truly
'Mann ki Baat'. Some time ago, delectable!
many people from Odisha also This indeed is a pride of
shared their feelings with me Odisha.]
regarding Koraput coffee. They Friends, Indian coffee is
wrote to me saying that Koraput becoming very popular all over
coffee should also be discussed the world. Be it Chikmagalur,
in 'Mann ki Baat'. Coorg and Hassan in Karnataka;
Friends, I have been told that the areas of Pulney, Shevaroy,
Koraput coffee tastes amazing, Nilgiri and Annamalai in Tamil
and not only that; besides Nadu; the Biligiri region on the
the taste, coffee cultivation is Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border;
also benefiting people. There or the areas of Wayanad,
are people in Koraput who are Travancore and Malabar in
cultivating coffee through their Kerala - the diversity of Indian
sheer passion. They were doing coffee is truly remarkable.
handsome jobs in the corporate I have been told that our
world… but they liked coffee so North-East is also progressing in
much that they entered this coffee cultivation. This is further
field and are now successfully strengthening the identity of
working in it. Also there are Indian coffee worldwide – that's
many women whose lives have why coffee lovers say:
been pleasantly transformed by India’s coffee is coffee at its
coffee. finest.
They have gained both It is brewed in India and
respect and prosperity through loved by the World.
coffee. It has been rightly said: My dear countrymen, In

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