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Coffee’s Greatest Heist: Baba Budan and the Birth of Indian Coffee

When you think of India, you probably think of tea. Chai. Tiny cups, big flavor, long conversations. But India’s coffee story doesn’t start with colonial trade routes or corporate plantations. It starts with one man. Seven coffee beans. And a smuggling operation that changed the course of coffee history. In this episode of Curious Coffee, we dive into the legend of Baba Budan, a 17th-century Sufi saint who secretly carried coffee seeds out of Yemen and planted them in the hills of southern India—breaking a monopoly and laying the foundation for one of the world’s most unique coffee cultures. From the Baba Budan hills of Karnataka to South Indian filter coffee, from colonial politics to modern specialty cafés, this is the story of how coffee took root in India—and why it still matters today. Sometimes, breaking a few rules really does change the world.