3rd Year Special Annual Double Issue Vol 4 Issue 1 & 2 Jan - Apr 2 3rd Year Special Annual Double Issue Vol 4 Issue | Page 54

Coffee Museum in Araku Valley T he museum which details the history of the aromatic beverage, the Coffee Museum remarkably stands out in the tribal settings of Araku Valley. The Coffee Museum houses a souvenir store, craft store, snacks bar, trampoline, cricket nets along with the coffee’s discovery and processing history hall. The concept was developed and created by a migrant to the Araku valley, Prakash Rao. In 1930, he set up a general catering service here, primarily for tourists. Realizing the uniqueness of the coffee produced in Araku valley. Dhimsa dance form, popular among the tribal, can be experienced live here. The coffee museum was set up close to the Tribal museum. It is a great place to hang out and taste sumptuous coffee products. Various coffee chocolates are must try here along with hot/cold coffee. The tour around the museum reveals the history and types of coffee predominant to Araku Valley in the eastern ghats,the cultivation practices predominantly by the forest dwelling tribes and dates back to centuries old practices and also houses antiques coffee processing practices and hardware. 54 Vol 4 | Issue 1 |Jan - Feb 2019