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The Strange History of South Indian Coffee

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How Coffee Was Received in India

In the pre independence medras presidency, which covered the present southern states, drinking coffee was a sign of modernity. Only very rich families and those two, usually from upper cas could do so. Mengtar telipathy gives us glimpses of coffee's encroachment into south indian rans. He said that in his early twentieth century, there were many complaints in the press about the popularity of this new vrew.

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