When coffee was brought to hilltops from Yemen in the mid to late 1600s, Chikamagalur, a lesser-known, charming hill village, became the first recorded spot in India to plant it.
According to legend, an Indian hermit named Baba Budan sneaked seven coffee beans out of Yemen’s town of Mocha.
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Hence, the coffee plant was introduced in India in the mid-late 1600s in the village of Chikamagalur.