Café Coffee Day

I am a small town girl, I am proud to say it. So when I came to a city like Trivandrum I found many things which I have never seen before. One of the best things I loved is the freedom I got. No one cares what you do unless it is bothering them, but if I was in my small town whether you do something or not everyone want to poke their nose into it. I love Trivandrum for many things.

I never knew about café coffee day until I came Trivandrum. It was first hard for me to believe that there is a shop exclusively for coffee and various type of coffee products (I actually can’t even remember the product names- there is so much variety). It was actually a treat sponsored by Neeraja; I don’t remember why she gave us treat. We used to have “treat” for every small and big things. That’s how we celebrate. So Neeraja, Devika, bobby and I went to CCD (café coffee day). I went there for the first time, the settings were good. Great ambiance.

Bobby and Neeraja went to order the cappuccino and other products. The service boy was telling the names of products. The remarkable thing about bobby is that even if doesn’t know what the product is, how it will taste or look, he will act as if he is the expert in it. He will order something as if he knew it is the best. Well we didn’t have any complaints. If you are not brave, at least pretend to be brave. That is his policy.

After ordering we waited almost for half an hour, my excitement increased when cappuccino came. It was in a beautiful cup, the aroma of it was so nice. Along with it there was a small packet of sugar. I asked Neeraja why they didn’t mix it before. She said cappuccino doesn’t need sugar; it is we Indians who want sugar. I was repelled by her reply. I am a very sweet person and I prefer more sweetness in everything. Even though I am not a coffee addict I prefer little more sugar in it. So for the first time I tasted cappuccino…..

It wasn’t that much tasty, all my expectation came to stand still. I expected more sweetness, but it wasn’t giving me any. Whenever I saw an ad of people drinking cappuccino I was very mad to have it. But here I am with a full cup of it; one sip was enough for me. I wanted to finish it soon but the bitterness was not allowing me to do anything. Somehow I gained momentum to drink it.

“Don’t drink that much dear, we spend sixty bucks for one cup so we have to be here for at least sixty minutes” bobby said to me. I didn’t know what to reply and I was shocked to hear that he paid sixty bucks. Then I realized why there was great ambiance for a coffee shop…

People in city are always busy. Even in that busy schedule they want to make time for their dear ones, especially friends. But in city the social spaces are very much limited. CCD provides you good ambiance, good climate, good mood, it is indeed for the social space they charge you more. For techies and corporate people it is no big money at all. After all they are getting more than they expected. After all CCD could survive only in cities.