The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

We are over in Viman Nagar at G/4/207. It is a busy area with a lot of people coming and going from the offices nearby. The shop isn't huge, but it has enough room for a few people to sit and wait for their drinks. We spend a lot of time cleaning the espresso machine and steaming milk. The sound of the grinder is basically the background noise of our lives. We have a lot of tea tins on the shelves, and sometimes we have to climb a ladder to reach the ones at the top. The floors are dark, which helps hide the scuff marks from all the shoes, but we still mop them every night. We don't have any big corporate slogans posted on the walls. It is just a place to get a drink. Sometimes the delivery of beans is late, and we have to explain that to customers, which is never fun. The glass windows at the front get smudged with handprints, so we are always out there with a spray bottle. Viman Nagar is a fast-paced neighborhood, and we are just one of the many spots where people stop for a break. We don't try to be anything we aren't. We just make the tea, brew the coffee, and keep the tables clear. It’s a pretty standard routine day after day. We just try to keep the milk fresh and the beans dry.