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Blend month of the
tourism UPDATE
Wow, now that was a summer we will never forget! We know that businesses Australia-wide are feeling the effects … and will do so for many months to come.
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he NSW Government has events. Some of the March events include: launched a $10 million rebuild • What A Relief! It’s Damian Callinan: this free and recover package. Now concert and dinner will be held at Wollomombi is the time to be actively Hall and Ben Lomond Hall … belly laughs involved and embrace these guaranteed! 3rd and 5th March. opportunities; it is not the time • Armidale Show: 6th - 7th March. to wait for visitors to come knocking on your • Armidale Music Foundation Concert: 8th door. March. The first phase is a community-driven • All About Women 2020: Satellite @ NERAM campaign - “NOW’S THE TIME TO LOVE NSW” - 8th March. - which urges the people of NSW to take a • International Women’s Day Brunch: 8th break and to saturate March. social media with photos • International Women’s or videos of their favourite Day @ Echidna Gully: 10th holiday spots. March. NEW ENGLAND Tourism operators, • Armidale Cup: 15th HIGH COUNTRY business owners, and March. COMES ALIVE IN Armidale locals can get • Favourite Shorts: 20th AUTUMN, WITH A involved in the campaign 21st March. FABULOUS ARRAY by showing the world • Annual Gem and Craft OF AUTUMN what’s to love about Show: 21st - 22nd March. EVENTS. Armidale. • Armidale Street Food 1. Make your hands Festival: 21st - 22nd into a heart shape. March. 2. Take a photo at one • Comedy Night 2020: of your favourite locations … this could be 26th March. Dangars Gorge, Ebor Falls, The Goldfish Bowl, • Armidale Twilight Food Markets: 27th March. Tattersalls Hotel, Whitebull Hotel, Seesaw Café • Seasons of New England: 28th March. etc. • The Little Mermaid: commences 31st March. 3. Share the photo on social media using the Please visit the Armidale Tourism website for hashtag #LoveNSW further information on these events, as well as GET INVOLVED - SHOW THE LOVE, SHARE other events happening during March. THE LOVE If you would like the “What’s On” emailed New England High Country comes alive weekly, please join our mailing list by in autumn, with a fabulous array of autumn contacting us on tourism@armidale.nsw.gov.au
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Coffee production
in
india
Coffee production in India is dominated in the hill tracts of South Indian States, with Karnataka accounting for 71%, followed by Kerala with 21% overall production, with 8,200 tonnes.
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ndian coffee is said to be the finest as: “The best Indian coffee reaches the coffee grown in the shade rather flavour characteristics of Pacific coffees, than direct sunlight anywhere but at its worst it is simply bland and in the world. There are about uninspiring”. The first variety that was 250,000 coffee growers in the introduced in the Baba Budan Girir hill country; 98% of them are small growers. ranges of Karnataka in the 17th Century As of 2009, Indian coffee made up just was marketed over the years under the 4.5% of the global brand names of Kent production. Almost and S.795. 80% of Indian What does Indian coffee is exported; coffee taste like? COFFEE IS GROWN 70% is bound for A good Indian coffee IN THREE REGIONS Europe and the exhibits characteristics OF INDIA, WITH United States, and similar to Indonesian KARNATAKA, KERALA Italy accounts for coffees, particularly AND TAMIL NADU 29% of the exports. Java Arabica, including FORMING THE Coffee is a full body yet with an TRADITIONAL COFFEE grown in three acidity more in line with GROWING REGION. regions of India, a good Guatemalan with Karnataka, Coffee. The spicy Kerala and Tamil flavours of a fine Indian Nadu forming the coffee may include traditional coffee growing region. notes of cardamom, clove, pepper and Indian coffee, grown mostly in nutmeg and perhaps hints of tropical southern states under monsoon rainfall fruit. conditions, is also termed as “Indian At Daily Ritual we use Indian coffee in monsoonal coffee”. Its flavour is defined some of our exclusive blends.
Where
Find out more about other quality blends at www.dailyritual.com.au
