open.
clinic staff, parents back from the school run, the colony uncles and aunties. most of them order the same thing every day.
zero eight
double six.
std code
0866 is vijayawada's phone code. we named the café after it.
a small counter off benz circle, a cold-brew tap, a drip tower, and beans that change every fifteen days.
a day at 0866°
laptops out.
people with a call at 10:30. they want a good cup fast, and they'll be back at 3.
post-gym.
protein cold brew, and a label that tells you what's in it.
college is out.
six people, one table, and a hundred photos of the tower.
filter coffee people.
thirty years of filter coffee every morning. we hand them the date cold brew and say nothing.
closing.
chairs up, tower filled for tomorrow. we open at 7:30.
one drop
at a time.
there's a tower on the counter. it drips all morning, in plain sight.
come in early and watch it work.