Cafe Coffee Day, a legendary Indian coffee shop chain, firmly occupies the number one position in the "open and hang" India.

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On a business trip to India due to work, I visited several unique cafes while I was away from work.

Due to the poor schedule of flights to India, Landing always tortured all night in the middle of the night and finally got a good night's sleep. When I walked out of the hotel in the morning and wanted to get a cup of coffee, I immediately saw a Cafe Coffee Day.

Cafe Coffee Day is India's largest coffee chain, can be said to be India's native Starbucks. Purple + red signs can be found near major stores, department stores and office buildings. In addition to India's traditional super hot milk coffee, Cafe Coffee Day also offers espresso and a variety of light meals, similar to Taiwan's Danti.

The total location of Cafe Coffee Day is in Karnataka province, the largest coffee producing region in India, the famous Malabar and Myso Gold Brick. It is produced in the mountains near the sea in the west. The Indian government's coffee management unit, India Coffee Board, is located in Bangalore, the largest city in the province. So coffee in this area has a very long history, and after Bangalore developed into Silicon Valley in India, technologists and college students who sell liver stay up late. The demand for coffee, work / study cafes is also increasing. Cafe Coffee Day, Starbucks, Coffee and Tea Leaf... are born all over the street.

When SCAA Chronicle visited the legendary coffee industry in India last year, Sunalini Menon mentioned the success of Cafe Coffee Day. Cafe Coffee Day now not only grows and bakes coffee, but also imports machines and trains Barista in order to gain a foothold in India's highly competitive coffee market.

Unlike traditional Indian cafes, which only sell super sweet milk coffee (about Rs. 20-40 a cup is about 2.2 Rs.100 per cup of Taiwan dollar), the price of Cafe Coffee Day is extremely high, but the store is clean, with sofas, sockets, Wifi, traditional Samosa, and trendy roast chicken sandwiches and cakes. For Indian college students and office workers, it is a good place to replace crowded offices and libraries. In particular, there are a lot of start-ups in Bangalore, and there are several young Indians at the next table with iPad to discuss their ongoing cases.

The machine used in Cafe Coffee Day should be specially made. You can't tell who the manufacturer is, but it's not big. As long as the loading is not enough to produce the cup, the bean grinder is Fiorenzato F5. There is no problem for such equipment to meet the basic cup quality requirements.

The ordering clerk (Indian stores have at least 3-5 people performing their duties, and only roadside vendors for one person) asked whether they wanted Light or Heavy. Since we have Light, let's give it a try.

The hot American style is filled with a glass and does not seem to have a strong Creama. But the flavor is good, with the aroma of barley and the shallow baking of the Royal Rob of India. After the entrance, slightly nutty, jujube, dried plum flavor, but not high sweetness, interestingly with a little purple berry acid. To be honest, it tastes better than the American style of Costa and Coffee and Tea Leaf.

In terms of the quality of chain stores, Cafe Coffee Day is good, and then went to other branches with customers, which has a similar standard, so it is no wonder that it can maintain its position as the number one coffee in India.