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Cochin is famous for many local flavors but the Indian Coffee House, Cochin is unique among every other tourist spots of Cochin for diverse reasons. For anyone touring Cochin it is a must visit place, for first timers, especially, because for frequent visitors it is like a second home. Though, Indian Coffee Workers Co-Operative Society Federation today has about 52 coffee shops all over Kerala, Indian Coffee House in Cochin needs special mention. Indian Coffee House, Cochin in Kerala has a glorious past. Late Communist Leader Advocate T. K. Krishnan, and Nadakkal Parameswaran Pillai, better known as Coffeehouse Pillai are co-founders of this joint in Kerala. In a visit to the Indian Coffee House, you will find the place always abuzz. This is because no where else can you spend unaccountable hours over just a cup of brewing filter coffee. Therefore, this is a paradise for people from diverse fields of life. Take a seat, order the coffee and while sipping that steaming, tasty brew just look around the place. You can find both veteran and budding politicians, advocates, intellectuals, businessmen, students, professors and even sales executives. You might wonder how much and on what topics can you discuss for so long over cups of coffee! Not only that, you might bump into a person who has been visiting this place from the time you were not even born! Don't be surprised if you see someone patiently writing away in spite of all the hustle and bustle! He might be a budding author, since this place can boast of having many famous authors as regulars. You might wonder why so many people visit this place when there are other coffee shops around. There is something distinctly different in the Indian Coffee House in Kerala. Here you will find wooden furniture, waiters in starched white uniform, dust-free interior and above all, wonderful aromatic filter coffee and the nostalgia associated with it. In fact, Indian Coffee House in Cochin was so up-to-date that long time before the 'star' hotels came to Cochin; it introduced the system of 'pot coffee'. By this 'pot coffee' they provided the customers with the opportunity of making their own coffee by offering a set of hot milk, sugar, coffee decoction and spoon on a platter. For those of you, who want to know about the quality of food served here, do not worry! Indian Coffee House in Cochin maintains a very high standard in food quality and there is no compromise in authenticity. Old timers claim that the taste and quality of food and the filter coffee have not changed since its inception. Whenever you are making a trip to Cochin, do not forget to make a visit to the Indian Coffee House. Take a bite and must take a sip at its famous coffee and then you would realize why even after more than four and half decades this place is regarded so highly by the residents of Cochin.
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