Hot Madras Cafe

As I said in my last blog, Chennai is little different than other cities in India. I have traveled all over India from North to South and East to West, and can say that small tea stalls ( Chai tapari ) are very common at all the places. But Chennai is exception to this. Here, I found equal number of coffee shops. Best part is coffee tastes very good and that too at very affordable rates. Before coming to Chennai coffee was an occasional beverage to me, but now I cannot imagine my day start without cup of that heavenly, tasty and sweet sip of coffee. This is also the reason, I decided to name this blog as hot madras cafe, devoted to my experience in Chennai. Coffee is the part of tradition in south India. In all the four Dravidian states (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala & Tamil Nadu). In south India coffee dates back to 17 th century when one of the sufi saint brought coffee beans from middle east to Karnataka where he settled. Later it became famous under British rule ...

Whenever we go to new place we see something unseen before. Every city has some popular trends. In Chennai I observed many things which are less common in Pune or Maharashtra. I am not writing to judge which is better way. Two things that are at the top of my mind now are mini markets or bazaars and coffee shops. I will write about coffee at some other time. It deserves a separate post. So…shopping is now inseparable part of our life. This is consumers’ economy thanks to treaty signed by earlier government back in 1991. In last seven years, my shopping experience in Pune may it be day today needs, groceries, clothes, shoes, electronic equipment or any special shopping; it mostly revolved around the Malls or Big markets. When not shopping, it is place for spending time in the evening. In today’s fast life it gave pleasure to spend time among people with friends or even alone. It is the place where you get to know about new brands, new products, and new technologies. On many week...