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by linuskendall 1363 days ago
Blue Tokai (and the other specialty roasters - must be at least 5-10 now) is certainly an improvement in the diversity of coffee we get, though pricing is quite high.

However, there has been a good option for coffee beans (and ground if you prefer) for many, many years and that’s Devans in Delhi. Used to be mostly available at INA market but they also started online a few years ago. They are much cheaper than Blue Tokai etc and will provide reasonably freshly roasted beans and ground coffee. No chicory.
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andorsk 1363 days ago
I have used Devans before and yes, they were my goto at one point! To my point earlier though: it took a while to find it.

There's a few others I know of. Lately I found shop in Bangalore that gets beans from Coorg. Reasonably priced and decent beans. Ainmane https://www.ainmane.com/. Shop is good. A little more expensive than Devans though I think.

Devan's is a good option though. Malakodu Estate has some decently priced coffee.

There's a website that aggregates all the coffee vendors, but the name is slipping my mind for some reason.

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tushar-r 1363 days ago
>There's a website that aggregates all the coffee vendors, but the name is slipping my mind for some reason.

Sixteen grams, Somethings Brewing...there are a few of those now.

> every once in a while I find myself picking up a cup of "sugar milk with coffee" on the street.Maybe there's something to it....

I ask for strong (filter) coffee without sugar, and that works reasonably well in Bangalore and Chennai.

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