Located in Chikmagalur, the Coffee Museum is a unique repertoire of the coffee business, right from growing to the brewing of the beans. This museum was built to reconstruct the thematic display of the history of coffee and the processes including picking, grinding and drying using which the bean was made. The museum offers one of the best coffee descriptions in the world. Except for a coffee tasting experience, it gives an all-inclusive experience. The coffee evaluation and training centre is situated on the same ground as the coffee museum. Nestled in a lush green environment, a short stairway leads one towards the coffee encyclopedia.
The initiative of the Coffee Yatra Museum was taken forward by the Coffee Board of India. Offering an interesting approach towards the coffee business, the excellent documentary provided by the museum shows the origin and the growth of coffee in the region. One entire floor comprises of a gallery which showcases pictures in clean glass cases. Short video presentations are also shown which makes the story of coffee easy to absorb. A laboratory where one can observe the grinding and the equipment used for processing coffee shown by an in-house expert is present inside the museum. This interesting place is worth visiting for every traveler out there who is planning a trip to Chikmagalur anytime soon.
