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( Recalling the history of brewing on the hills as we wait out the lock-down with the uncertainty of  getting our daily sip !!!) When the British opened up the Nilgiris in 1820 what struck them as most unusual was that the native people, though semi-naked in the biting cold, neverRead More →

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(Potato is said to be in high demand in these times of lock down. No wonder !! We all know that it was Collector Sullivan who introduced, among other things, potato to the Nilgiris with the assistance of an English soldier-farmer, Johnstone, and an African assistant, Jones. The first harvestRead More →