From Mocha to Mysore : A Coffee Journey

摘要

Coffee: Arab, Kahwa, a word -which appears to have been originally a term for wine... the derivation of the word has been plausibly traced to Kaffa, one of those districts of the South Abyssinian highlands which appear to have been the original habitat of the coffee plant. It is said to have been introduced into South India some two centuries ago by a Mahommedan pilgrim, named Baba Budan, who brought a few seeds with him from Mecca: see Rice, Mysore, - From Hobson-Jobson first published in 1886. India's contribution to world coffee lore is the story of "Baba Budan and the Seven Seeds". Sometime during the late 17th century, Baba Budan rallied the faithful in front of a holy cave in the Chandragiri Hills in Chikmagalur to challenge a murderous chieftain, who had entrenched himself in the hills, and with his hordes was devastating the country. The "Poligar" and his men perished. Baba Budan announced to his followers that he had decided to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, and disappearedinto the cave.