Cherry Red, Cherry Black: The Story of Coffee in India

What is coffee's origin story? When and how did coffee reach India? When did plantations come into being? How did the beverage take root in the culture? How did it become so popular? Cherry Red, Cherry Black tells an enjoyably informative story of coffee in India starting at the very beginning and working its way to the present.

With a storyteller's flair Kavery Nambisan sets the scene with the history of the origins of coffee, its serendipitous entry into India, early planting by village ...