My Love for Coffee: A Journey Through Different Places, Cafés, and Cups

Starting my life as a millennial in India, I got a taste of coffee very late in my life because in villages, you only know about tea. Not many people drink coffee in villages; you know the reason may be because they didn’t know about it back then. But today, people consume coffee even in villages.

I remember my first encounter with cold coffee. It was during my 10th class when I visited my friend’s home, and his mother made us snacks as well as a cold coffee.

It was amazing, and from there, my journey with cold coffee started because in the summer, you only need cold coffee to light up your mood. Ever since, I have consumed a lot of coffee. I even learned and started preparing it at home, but still, I feel like there is something missing in my life when it comes to the taste of coffee. Maybe this journey still needs to be explored.

I still need to visit more places to taste some of the finest coffee and write a blog about it.

Currently, I don’t know how to put it, but mostly I think I love coffee and places to visit where coffee is served as a beverage. I have consumed coffee at more than 500+ places by now, but I never documented it before.

From the beginning, I had the thought of sharing everything with the world, but there was never a tech platform where I could have shared my feelings because I was not good at making videos and all. But today, things have changed. Now I have built my own platform to share my words with people and reach like-minded people who can read my work through these blogs. That is altogether a different story, but this is my story of coffee.

To be honest, I hardly have a story to share because I remember my first coffee encounter, and I fell in love with coffee. Ever since, I have been consuming coffee at different places.

I have taken photos as well, but I never posted most of them. Some I posted, but they are not with me now because I have deleted them. Now I feel like I have to start this journey again because that’s the only way to discover the taste again.

Everything has changed.

When I first fell in love with coffee, I was young, and I had aspirations and dreams.

Now I am quite 30+, and I feel tired of everything.

I feel like no enthusiasm has been left in me. I also feel like nothing inspires me to drink more coffee.

One funny thing is that now coffee increases my blood pressure, so my previous love now gives me a headache. Seems like more of a classic love story, lol.

I still visit cafés on a regular basis. I feel like exploring more new places, but the problem is my head and my pocket. I have to do work, and most of the time goes into work. Only the weekends remain, and you have to spend the weekends on your own or with family.

Still, I feel I can give my journey one chance. Maybe this time is the charm, and without knowing where I can find the best coffee, the best cafés, and restaurants, my journey is not complete.

I have to make a change, so I am taking it while writing this. I want to manifest something. I want an independent life where I can travel, write, visit, and explore amazing cafés across India as well as the world.

If you’re reading this, make sure to support my journey and help me get back on my feet so I can explore this world and spread love.

Right now, I can’t say anything. There are no stories in my head. In this section of my blog, you will find articles about amazing food places in different cities and countries, and other things.

I started with coffee because, for most people, coffee gives you a kick, and I have some amazing coffee stories—not like Coffee with Karan, but these are real stories from my life.

If we can all agree, coffee houses have all kinds of stories. These go from wedding planning, court cases, business deals, and friends’ gossip. It’s up to you what you do at a coffee house. For me, it’s mostly about writing stories and exploring the vibe, the coffee, and these stories are different.

Some are night stories, some are early stories, and some are mid-day stories.

I remember spending an entire month at CCD, working on a single project in 2023, and it was altogether a nice experience for me. The staff was nice, and overall, everyone was nice. I completed my project, and after some time, the staff also changed due to various reasons.

Maybe because the payments they were making to them were not enough, because you know that it’s hard to run a house on a 15–20K salary in the current world, where even ethanol-mixed petrol costs you 101 bucks for a litre.

But I had an amazing experience with the staff, and I got to know that a café’s success depends on many factors. One of the most prominent is the staff members of the café. If the café’s staff is dull and not communicating with customers, maybe that coffee house will soon come to an end.

The reason is simple: people all around us are tired, and people leave their homes to have a nice experience and communicate with others. And when they don’t get those things, it changes the whole experience.