Exploring The Nascent Café Culture In Delhi

By Author: Smatkathy Green
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If you are visiting Delhi for the first time, you will find that Delhiites are highly addicted to two things: tea (widely known as ‘Chai’ in India) and coffee. You will find a tea stall on the roadside at almost every road across the city and similarly, the city is dotted with numerous cafes, from budget and premium to the more luxurious ones. There are more than 10 coffee shops in the business and financial center of New Delhi, Connaught place and everyone is doing well, as reported by Reuters.

You can find good coffee almost anywhere in Delhi. Even the biggest brands of coffee, Starbucks is all set to make its debut in the capital city of India. A wide range of coffee shops in Delhi remain crowded with college students, professionals and businesses. Students choose the café bars as their favorite hangouts and they usually come in groups of 2 or more to enjoy a sip of coffee while chatting with friends or working together.

There are people who prefer to visit cafes to enjoy privacy, listen to the subtle music, read books or magazine and in general unwind. Most of the premium cafes serve light snacks, ...
... and sometimes a delicious meal along with a glass of wine or beer. The peaceful atmosphere of cafés can take you far away from your worries.

Some of the most popular brands like Café Coffee Day (CCD), Barista, Costa Coffee and Cafe Cocoa have several coffee shops scattered across Delhi. The city has café bars, pubs and chocolates houses for people looking for a mesmerizing experience. The high demand coupled with the love for coffee has begun a relentless trend of cafes amongst the Delhiites.

Over the last few years, the profile of the coffee customers has changed completely as has the variety of coffees such as hot coffee, cold coffee, iced tea, hot chocolate coffee, ice cream coffee, low sugar coffee, steamers, and fruit smoothies to name a few. The contemporary coffee houses also serve desserts and continental breakfast items for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian people.

Yellow Brick Road in Taj Ambassador is an excellent example of a vintage theme coffee bar. Its classic posters and vintage style furniture will surely take you back to the past. The place is also famous for its high-profile people and for the quality and variety of food it offers however, if you want to taste some exotic coffees, Mocha is the ideal place for you. Situated in the lively DLF Place mall in Saket, Mocha offers a wide selection of coffees from all around the world, especially from Turkey and Morocco where coffee culture is an inevitable part of the daily lifestyle of the locals.

The Hauz Khaus village of South Delhi and Khan Market of Central Delhi has some coffee shops that merit a visit once. Outside Delhi, in Gurgaon, there are some chic cafes where you can try the Italian taste of coffees along with the conventional coffee. This shows how the café culture in Delhi is on its way to reach the top. So, which is your favorite café bar in Delhi?