hi members, I am now 67+. During my childhood, my father used to get the coffee seeds from Indian Coffee House, at Trichur. Then, mother will roast it and grind it with the very old hand grinding machine (made in UK). Then the coffee is prepared for my athai, paatti, parents, chithappa and chithi. Since we had cow in our house, milk was abundant and we brothers were allowed to drink only milk in those days. After completing my schooling, I left for Calcutta and stayed with my Athai and athimbar and there I started the habit of taking very strong coffee, which I continue till date. In Calcutta also we used to get the seeds from Indian Coffee house and give it to a store, where they get it roast and grind it. Then slowly we shifted to Cothas, and some other brands, but nothing was giving the real aroma and taste of coffee. We were in Calcutta for five decades and somehow managed to get maximum strong coffee from whichever brand is available, sometimes need to add chicory also to increase the thickness. For last two years, we have shifted to Bangalore to join our son and heard about Padma coffee of Trichy. We are using it for the time being. It is OK. But it is the first thing we require in the early morning otherwise the whole day becomes drowsy.