Let me get this off my system.
If you are looking for Starbucks in India, good luck! You can only find the coffee shop in the Airport, departure area.
And if you are looking for a freshly brewed coffee, there is no such thing! Everything is instant coffee in India. The famous one is Nescafe or Folgers. Kate Crimmins are you rolling your eyes yet?
It was a problem, a very big problem for me. But hey, I am a pilgrim, this is not Club Med.
So, what is Indian Coffee? Pretty basic:
- Instant Coffee – two packets if you want it strong
- Hot Water – very small amount to dissolve the coffee
- Warm Milk –lots to combine it with the dissolved coffee
- Sugar – if you want it sweet.
Oh, some make it frothy to give it an espresso look. There’s hardly any coffee in this cup but bubbles.
I was kicking myself to get a “caffeine kick” to it. There’s hardly any caffeine in an instant coffee. Drinking two or three cups of this first thing in the morning is my form of “flagellation” for seventeen days to wake me up. I survived.
The minute we arrived in Canada, we stopped over at my sister’s place and I asked for a real good brewed coffee, mug size.
Aaahhhh…. good to the last drop followed by a refill.
I am so glad to be home.
You sure know how to express how good that mug size coffee you had tasted so good! Makes me want to make myself another one, just because I can! LOL 🙂
Have one for me, Tk!
You got it!! 🙂
Tea drinking is a ritual in India. And you can find someone who would make strong tea for you. Coffee is mostly instant-at least in the north. Maybe sometime you would travel to south India for the famed filter coffee.
Thanks. What are the places south of India?
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerela are the southern states famed for their filter coffee. There are many tourist attractions as well. Do try to visit 🙂
Thank you. I’ll check out these places.
I would have had a very hard time indeed without my morning cup of brew!
You and me both!
Reblogged this on The Daily Pause and commented:
Perfect! I’ll try this coffee over breakfast tomorrow morning!
Let me know what you think?
🙂
Hi Melanie Jean. 🙂
Pouring hot water over that instant stuff makes it as much coffee as me having a hot shower then thinking I’ll be thin again – NEITHER WORKS, lol! 🙂
You got it. Laughing hard. 😆
ohhhhh nonono nonono no packet coffee for me or I turn into a very angry me lol
I know now how to you may you grumpy or mad 😆
Step away from the coffee 😛
*eye rolls* That was a real primitive pilgrimage! No coffee (instant doesn’t count)! Hope the trip was fun in other ways and welcome back home! I bet your cats were sooooo glad to see you.
India is still yet to accept the concept of real coffee. The cats are glued to me for the past three days. I missed them big time.
It’s a big tea country, isn’t it?
Very much so. But I did not drink their tea. 😛