august 4, 2017 forbes india | 95Blue tokai Café
Saidulajab, Saket
Delhi
It’s a pleasure to watch the beans being roasted with care
across the glass partition while working on a hotshot
project over a cup of fine coffee, like many regulars
who frequent this café do. When Matt Chitharanjan
and Namrata Asthana moved to Delhi from Chennai
in 2012, they sorely missed the local roasting shops.
It struck them that while excellent specialty coffee is
grown in India, it is difficult to find any of it being sold
domestically. This made them start a roasting company
in 2013 where “the coffee we roast is the coffee we like to
drink”. The company has 10 varieties of coffee, sourced
from South India, and sells through their website, five
outlets in Delhi and Mumbai, and a few select retailers.
Nowhere terrace
Brewpub Café
Gurugram
Sameer Dhar knows what makes
a good beer. And knows what it
feels like to be a young guy on the
make. He says that if you have
`5,000 to pay upfront, you aren’t a
startup. Why else would he charge
`99 if you plan to sit around in this
gorgeous space from 9 to 7? He
throws in Nescafé instant coffee
and Parle-G biscuits and mathri and
500 MB of free Wi-Fi too. Why?
“Who knows who among these
might be the next billionaire?” No
matter what, you will still want
to spend money on the limited
beer brews that Dhar pays close
attention to—the fully matured
German beer that he brews is sold
at this pub alone—while the live
bands on most evenings play on.the Bar, trident
Gurugram
Business folks know that a luxury
hotel’s lounge has always been
unmatched for its plush settings and
elegant calm. Trident Gurugram
has stepped into the co-working
arena, calling its stylish lounge “the
new meeting ground”, offering
Wi-Fi, artisanal tea and coffee, a
small-plates menu, and the services
of a business concierge at their
resort-like property in Gurugram.
photographs: MaDhu Kapparath