Waltzing Matunga...

The last two weeks have been agonizing - my coffee powder stock got over. Wait let me explain!
For over 30 years of my life, I have been drinking filter coffee made from coffee powder from the same shop in Bangalore - Kiran Coffee Works in NR Colony, Basavangudi.

And addicts of any sort will understand what withdrawal symptoms mean. While filter coffee can be had from other places, life has not been the same. Y'day I was in Matunga in search of some elusive powder only to discover that Matunga goes on holiday on Mondays. My anxious looks were countered with patronizing stares...

So I went again this evening to find the brew.

1st stop - Quality Tea & Coffee, Kabutar Khana, Matunga
2nd stop - Cafe Madras (I hadn't sampled their coffee. Now I have)
3rd stop - Mysore Concerns (read note below...)
4th stop - Cafe Mysore (their coffee is not bad at all. turns out the powder they use is sold at Mysore Concerns)

So now I have enough coffee to last over a month :)

Note: My process of sampling involves taking the coffee powder and taking one deep breath to check aroma and hence stimulating power and also to check granularity of the powder. Coffee Powder in Bombay in general is ground finer than at KCW. So one has to watch out. Anyways while I could easily select at my 1st 2 stops, I could smell nothing (to my dismay) at Mysore Concerns. The shopkeeper looked me and with a knowing look, said that I would have to go outside and smell the powder since it was overmasked by the smell in the shop. He was right!

Now we wait for a practical test and shall let any enthusiastic reader know which of the above meets our cutoff for good coffee powder for filter coffee