Coffee Festival @ Bengaluru Int. Airport

Bangalore International Airport, in collaboration with The Coffee Board of India and Karnataka Tourism, has launched the Kaapi Trail, a 10-day coffee festival that started at the airport on Monday.

The festival will exhibit different facets of South Indian Coffee, giving passengers an opportunity to taste and learn more about coffee.

Mr. Sanjay Reddy Managing Director, Bangalore International Airport, said, “We have worked closely with the Karnataka Tourism to promote the region and its rich culture and heritage. This year’s mega event will be in the form of a coffee festival showcasing the coffee growing destinations of not only Karnataka but the entire southern region. We have so much to showcase to the world and make them aware of an entire new side of the region. We believe that efforts such as these will go a long way in establishing Bangalore as a gateway to the South of India and bring economic prosperity to this region. By the end of the festival we hope to engage with over 2 lakh passengers and make them coffee experts.”

The Coffee Fest will be serving the specialty coffee from 9 regions, including Araku Valley, Bababudangiri, B R Hills, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Nilgiris, Sheveroy Hills, Travancore and Nelliyampathy and Pulneys. The coffees, which have been specially imported from the regions, have been carefully blended and brewed to extract their best flavour.

Mr Jawaid Akhtar, Chairman, Coffee Board, said, “We are delighted that Bengaluru International Airport is providing an opportunity and a platform to explore coffee in a distinctive way. This 10-day Coffee Festival will provide a great venue for coffee experts to meet a broad cross-section of interested and interesting coffee consumers. The festival will help enhance and promote knowledge of the region and coffee drinking habit of the state that is core to its heritage. We are delighted that Bengaluru International Airport and its associate partners have collaborated to represent the state and coffee in a refreshing way.”

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