The Story of South Indian Filter Coffee: From Colonial Brews to Cultural Bridges
It begins, as many Indian stories do, with a monk, a journey, and a seed. ☕ The Monk Who Crossed Oceans In the 17th century, Baba Budan, a Sufi saint from Karnataka, smuggled seven coffee beans from the port of Mocha in Yemen. These beans were illegal to export—Arab traders guarded their monopoly fiercely. But…



