With the cool of
winter gradually settling in Bangalore, I’m sure everyone one would want to
curl their hands around a hot cuppa and cozily slurp up the contents. Yes South
India has the coffee culture and nothing beats the good old filter coffee. However, in the past few years, tea culture
has really picked up in the city. It’s matured from serving the classic plain
tea, to serving it up with added indigenous ingredients like tulsi, ginger, cardamom
and masala to specialty teas such as jasmine, peach, white tea etc. etc. For
the health conscious there is a whole range of green teas and herbal teas being
served. Besides there are people like me, who would pick tea over coffee
anyday.
In this post I’m
going to be talking about a few good tea bar/cafe options for Bangaloreans.
Infinitea: This is a
premium tea bar located at Cunningham Road. It attracts a lot of foreigners besides
the uber chic crowd of Bangalore. Serves
a lot of tea types – blacks, greens, oolongs, fruits, herbals and exquisites. Also has good spread of snacks to go with. Ambience
is great too! I rate it as excellent and strongly recommend to all tea connoisseurs. Read Reviews here.
Chai Patty: small tea shacks
located at three locations in Bangalore – Indirangar, Kormangala, Whitefield. I’ve
tried the one at 100 Ft. Indiranagar. The joints are rustic in feel … similar to
roadside shacks with modas, floor seating and chai served in kullads (earthen
ones). The teas are okay and snacks (pakodas, maggie, pasta etc.) are good in
taste. But, with the amount they charge and the quantity they serve and
considering they are not premium/specialty, it’s not worth my loyalty. I would
still recommend tea lovers to give it one try. Some of you might like it. Read Reviews here.
Socie-Tea:
located at Indirangar 13th Main, I happened to visit their Facebook
page and decided to give it a try. The experience wasn’t bad at all. Again,
this place has a rustic feel to it … floor seating, wooden furniture, chai and
pakodas on the menu. I went for the good old masala chai … the quantity was
good for the amount they charged. My only criticism is that the tea was a
little too watery for my liking. Overall a decent place for some garam chai
without leaving a hole in your wallets.
Tea O’Clock: I
happen to know this one because it’s located at the back gate of Baghmane Tech
Park (where I work). I think all office goers and sutta people know how
important a good glass of chai is; during one of those mid-day breaks or post
lunch breaks when we are literally snoring away in front of our computers. TOC
offers what all office people need …
really really good chai which refreshes you and keeps you going @ work.
You can choose from plain, tulsi, ginger, illaichi, masala, lemon and black. I
think they should open more outlets in office cafeterias, in food courts and
behind many more tech parks. This one is always thronging with ID badge wearing folks!
That was my Tea
round up. Having one right now … sooor … sooor. Having tea is not fun without
soooring it from a cup! :-)
Really happy & grateful to have been included in your list and would love to sip a chai the next time you come by. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWill surely stop by :-)
DeleteDJ, you took me to only chai patty last time. what about other two places - next time, pakka?
ReplyDeleteYeah sure....
DeleteDo also visit TEY @ Jayanagr 3rd block which is the latest tea lounge opened recently. And don't forget to blog about it..
DeleteWow..Nice post..Really enjoyed the read..And it is very necessary to take a break from your work and sooor a bite of tea..
ReplyDeleteThanks! It is right ... :-)
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