Lotus Brand Coffee Industries

Lotus Brand Coffee Industries has been operating out of 1-8-88 on Ambedkar College Road for a good while now. We’re right there in Chikkadpally, which is usually a pretty busy part of town. You get a lot of students from the college walking by, and the street life is always interesting to watch from the front door. We handle the coffee side of things here, mostly just sticking to what we know and what we’ve done for years. The building is an older one, but it holds everything we need and keeps the rain out. Sometimes the traffic on Ambedkar College Road gets backed up for blocks and it’s a bit of a headache to get our deliveries in, but we manage somehow. It's a family-run kind of feeling even if we've grown a bit bigger lately. We don't spend much time on fancy signs or advertising. Most people in Chikkadpally know us by the smell of the coffee being processed. It’s a strong smell that stays on your clothes all day, which isn't the worst thing in the world. We have our regulars who come in and know exactly where everything is kept in the warehouse. The space is a bit cramped with all the bags stacked up to the ceiling, but we know where every single one is. It’s just how we work. We’ve been here long enough that we feel like part of the scenery. Nothing too special, just hard work and a lot of coffee beans to move.