Indian Coffee Chain Feels the Heat

I guess many of us traditionally associate tea with India, but working as I do in the IT industry with its current mania for "outsourcing" our jobs to cheaper Indian labor that we work side-by-side with at the office, I have learned that they appear to be even bigger drinkers of office coffee, as mediocre as it is, than my American co-workers. So here's some news on the coffee scene in India itself.

Popular coffee-brands and cafe chain "Barista" is looking for a buyer. Owned by Chennai based Sterling Infotech group, Barista's 130-odd espresso bars are up for sale and is also looking for new investors.

Barista had pioneered the branded coffee culture in India. However, it had lost over to arch rival Cafe Coffee Day owned by Bangalore based Amalgamated Coffee Bean Coffee
Trading with 300 and odd outlets to its credit...more

Here's the one simple step you can take to give your espresso coffee a flavor burst. I call it my golden rule of making espresso