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Coorg

Known as the ‘Coffee Cup of India’, Coorg occupies a verdant slice of Karnataka whose cool, hilly plantations are the heartland of Indian coffee. The first estate in Coorg was established in 1854 by an Englishman called John Fowler and the state now produces 140,000 tonnes of coffee a year. As well as coffee, the British left behind a legacy of a colonial lifestyle that can still be felt today. As well as coffee, these fertile soils also produce pepper, cloves, cardamom and other valuable ‘spice route’ staples, as well as rose wood, wild fig and jack fruit trees. Home to thousands of birds and animals, including the Great Indian Pied Hornbill and the Giant Malabar Squirrel, Coorg is a dream for bird lovers. 

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