Ashfaki Juice Centre

If you’re ever near the taxi stand on M P Colony Road, you’ll find us at Ashfaki Juice Centre. It’s a small shop, and we’re right in the middle of all the noise from the taxis and the people waiting for rides. We start early in the morning, getting the fruit from the market and setting up our counters. There’s always a lot of peeling and cutting to do before the first customers show up. It’s a simple setup, just a few blenders and a lot of ice. We don’t have a big menu with fancy names, just the stuff people like to drink when it’s hot outside. Sometimes the blenders break down and we have to fix them on the fly. It can get pretty cramped behind the counter when there are three of us working at once. We know most of the taxi drivers by name since they’re our regulars. We don’t have a fancy business plan or anything like that. We just try to make a good drink and keep the place as clean as we can. The floor gets a bit sticky by the afternoon, no matter how many times we mop it. It’s a busy life, but we like talking to the people who stop by. We aren't looking to change the world, just trying to keep the neighborhood refreshed and stay in business.