I travelled with my friend from Chennai to Villupuram and we saw more than three dozens of coffee shops bearing the hoardings as 'original' Kumbakonam degree coffee shop on both sides of the road. My friend asked me to taste it and we stopped our car near the one opposite to the Motel Highway near. Chengalpattu.
The employee grounded the coffee nuts in a hand grinder. He placed the powdered coffee in a stainless steel gadget, which has small holes on the bottom. Then he poured hot water on the coffee powder and used a spoon to dilute it properly.
We waited for about 10 minutes and he told us the 'dikashan' (the essence of coffee through precipitatory process) and brought it to our table. They served us in brass utensils (dabera set in local parlance) in hot. My friend never tasted Kumbakonam coffee, so he enjoyed and sipped it.
Never mind, I even took selfie with the Kumbakonam coffee hoarding and sipping it with brass utensils.
I was keen to know about the chain of coffee shops on this stretch - National Highways connecting Chennai and Tiruchi.
I was told that most of these shops are belonged to couple of owners. I asked the employee whether he had visited Kumbakonam. He said, 'No.' I even tried to google it.
I got many answers for my queries. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x3wmjVRpZdY
Before we reached Chennai, my friend got about 500 likes and 600 shares in FB and Twitter for uploading his selfie at Kumbakonam degree coffee shop. I suggested my friend to start a new venture in US, where he works as a software engineer for the past one decade. He has left my house with dreams to make big with the new business idea. Cheers my friend.
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