Bengaluru's India Coffee House in refreshing avatar set to woo Gen-X

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Spreading its 'aroma', India Coffee House (ICH) on Ambedkar Road in Bengaluru got a refreshing avatar in its golden jubilee year. Started in 1972, the ICH inside the Coffee Board of India premises had been a favourite joint for customers from 'Vidhana Soudha', High Court and adjacent government and private offices.

The Board, which manages the ICH, took up the renovation of the facility that could suit the younger generation, not merely the old customers. While the furniture remains the same, the walls, ceiling and the lighting arrangements have been improved.

Further, sitting arrangements have been made on the verandah of the ICH in the midst of greenery overseeing Ambedkar Road and the imposing 'Visvesvaraya Tower'. On Monday, the Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce Rajesh Agrawal and the Coffee Board Chief Executive Officer Dr K G Jagadeesha inaugurated the renovated ICH facility.

"To modernise and to accommodate more coffee lovers, Coffee Board has initiated steps to renovate the ICH two months back," Jagadeesha told PTI. The Board undertook the remodelling of the ICH at a cost of approximately Rs 22 lakh lakh, he said.

A new section to serve coffee prepared by different brewing methods has also been added in the renovated structure.