In one of my earlier blogs on Jaipur, I had mentioned that tea was the most popular beverage among the residents. Over the years, drinking coffee has become the new cool, thanks to the rise in cafés in the city. Despite the fact, the number of café’s serving coffee runs in three digits, only a handful of them accomplish their job well. After exploring a number of café’s, here is a list that specializes in coffee. Four among these have their own roasting machines and are particular about the choice of coffee beans.
Read What Makes Tea House Popular In Jaipur
Best Places For Coffee In Jaipur
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Curious Life Coffee Roasters
Curious Life is one of the first cafés in Jaipur to offer single-origin coffee who also roasts its own coffee beans, providing its customers with many brewing options. One of the reasons why Curious Life serves the most excellent coffee is because the owner, Neeraj Sheoran is an ardent coffee lover and a perfectionist. Can it be because he has served in the army for many years in Africa? You have to uncover it yourself!
I wrote about Curious Life in 2015, you can read this here Curious Life Coffee Roasters | Best place for coffee in Jaipur? They have opened a considerably bigger outlet in C-Scheme, which also is packed with coffee lovers. If you are visiting Curious Life during a weekend, expect a long waiting period. In my opinion, their Vietnamese Cold Brew is one of the best.
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Half-Light Coffee Roasters Jaipur
Half-Light Coffee Roasters is a recent entrant to specialize in single-origin coffee. The owners have been in the wholesale business of supplying coffee for quite some time now, opening an outlet represents a logical progression.
Having been to Half-Light Coffee Roasters a couple of times, I have enjoyed a consistent experience. The cafe uses quality ingredients, and it shows in their popularity. The Cafe is almost always buzzing. On the con side, finding parking space in the vicinity on some days is difficult. I feel this cafe needs to do up their decor in line with the trend and increase the seating space.
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Rustic By OTH
I have already written a full post on Rustic by OTH. Read What makes Rustic By OTH the most promising new cafe in Jaipur?
Rustic By OTH cannot be compared with Curious Life Coffee Roasters because it offers a lot more. It is a full-service cafe and not merely a coffee shop. However, the placement on the ground floor does hint towards offering more than a cafe experience.
Rustic by OTH offers specialty coffee brand DEVI, their USP. I have been disappointed with their Turkish Coffee though. South Indian Filter Coffee was just an average experience. However, the rest of the things have been good.
What I typically enjoyed is the fact they offer more value by way of quantity. Another plus is a vast assortment of food that one can order which other café’s don’t offer. I never encountered any problem as far as finding a table was concerned.
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Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters Jaipur
Update November 2020 – Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters has closed their outlet in Jaipur in the post COVID world.
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters is a part of a cafe chain specializing in coffee. At present, they have 18 café’s spread across seven cities. The one in Jaipur is in the C-Scheme area on the first floor of a building that houses a few more popular food outlets.
Ever since they opened in the city, I have been visiting this cafe on and off. I didn’t like their set up initially because it was incredibly noisy and the seats weren’t comfortable. The outlet has introduced quite a few changes and it is definitely better now. They roast their own coffee. While their coffee is excellent, the value is not. The quantity of coffee served vis-a-vis other café’s is less. Since this is a specialty coffee outlet, the food options are limited. Another con is finding a parking space during evenings and weekends. To sum up, Blue Tokai offers great coffee and consistent experience.
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Little Coffee Shop
The little coffee shop is one of the hidden gems of Jaipur. Very few locals have heard of this cafe. It is an unusually small cafe with a limited seating space.
It is tucked in a narrow lane called Chameliwala Market on MI Road. In the 1980s and 90s, this market was a backpacker haven. There were many low-cost lodging options for foreign travelers. With abundant hostels spread all over Jaipur now, all that has changed. It’s a well-known place for silver jewelry manufacturers, wholesalers, and exporters. Little Coffee Shop is a venture of one such exporter.
Even though it is a small coffee shop, they accomplish their job very well. I wish they lower the price a bit more since they are not a full-service cafe with a meager seating space.
So what is my pick?
My preferred cafe for coffee is Curious Life Coffee Roasters. I love the ambiance and vibe of the place. The interiors are warm and inviting. What helps is the fact that the management has made arrangements for a second parking space.
I also enjoy visiting Rustic By OTH as well as its first venture- OTH Cafe in C-Scheme. Barring above four, this is the sole cafe offering specialty coffee in the Malviya Nagar area. I quite like the interiors of this place.
The selection of coffee at OTH Cafe & Bistro in C-Scheme is different. One of my favorites from their menu is Cafe Bombon which consists of 60 ml espresso with 30 ml condensed milk. I haven’t come across something better when it comes to coffee with milk. The food at OTH is consistent which makes it one of the popular choices among Jaipur foodies.
This is what I like and unfortunately, it is rare to find good South Indian filter coffee in Jaipur. But here is one place where you can have one, check it out in Best Restaurants and Cafes in Jaipur
Finally, here is a super message from Half-Light Coffee Roasters!
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sounds intriguing list od coffee cafe in the city. thanks for summing up
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I’m glad you liked it, Bushra
Are you a coffee aficionado?
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Wow! Looks amazing. Definitely saving for when I come to visit India one day!
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Great. I’m happy you found it useful. 🙂
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I love coffee shop vibes ☕️
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I’m glad you do. Is that the reason why your blog name has coffee in it?
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Yes exactly!
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I enjoy a nice coffee shop. It is where I unwind at lunch – get away from the office. Especially enjoy when a new coffee shop opens. Like you I want good coffee but also atmosphere is important.
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Glad to hear that you are a coffee person. I agree it’s not just about the coffee, it’s also about the atmosphere and ambiance. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Amelia.
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What a great post to read while I have my morning coffee – I’ll pretend it tastes/looks as good as the coffee in your photos. 😆 Thank you for sharing!
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Haha! Thanks, Kelsey. I’m sure your coffee is as awesome as it can be. So how do you prepare your coffee?
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With just an electric drip coffee maker. If I have time I’ll stop at a cafe on my way to work for a latte – I prefer espresso. 😀
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I remember reading this first time!
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Are you a tea person or a coffee person, Orla?
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I love coffee. Love it. However, tea is number one in Ireland and I often have it. It’s just central to the culture.
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Out here also, tea rule, thanks to the British colonial rule. They started tea plantation in India. I suppose the young generation in Ireland prefer coffee.
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Both really. The tea thing is strong in the young too. There are lots of other nationalities here now too but i think they have no choice but like tea too, traditionally drank!
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cool. Happy to know that Ireland is still strong on tea. I believe there are many International companies headquartered there especially the IT and financial sector.
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There are actually- tax I think is favourable to them.
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OK. Thanks for adding, Orla
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Thank you for sharing your post at SIPB. I love my coffee and must admit a coffee-holic, although I try not to have more than 3 max a day. 2 of them will be soy or almond milk latte and my evening coffee will be a straight dark roast black coffee which we have after our evening meal. Oh it’s so good, just had my last sip while reading your post. Thanks
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I am still a green Tea lover although the coffee looks very good 🙂
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Awesome
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Thanks 😊
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Interesting One Sir!! Great Post, Whenever I will There In Jaipur I Will Try Out These Cafe. Please Do Like My Blog Also Sir And Do Comment
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Sure, will check it out
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Hello,
I loved the article “Stay updated with Jaipurthrumylens”. You present a informative and well decorated post. Thanks for helping us! Keep up your good job.
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Had to visit as I enjoy coffee shops. Always on the look out for news ones at home. We have Starbucks here but I find the atmosphere is never as cozy as a local shop with different tables and chairs. I often bring tablet and work on blog at a coffee shop. Few here have long work tables for just that.
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I always feel that the chain coffe shop can never recreate the charm and warmth of a stand alone coffee shop. They also have character which chain shops lack. Even here a lot of people now work from coffee shops. 🙂
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What charming coffee shops!
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You love coffee shops?
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I am a coffeeholic and the detailed post about coffee makes me happy. I have saved this for reference in future. Wonderfully compiled and I can feel the aroma of coffee through your lens! 😀
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Happy to hear that you love coffee, Nanchi. What kind of coffee do you like?
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I like Flat White or Macchiato and sometimes Frappes. Where have you been these days?
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Oooh I want to visit Jaipur! 💖
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Half-Light Coffee looks like my kind of cafe. Warm and cozy. And I love Blue Tokai. I keep ordering their stuff online coz sadly, Pune doesn’t have their outlet yet.
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There are plenty of other similar Cafe’s like Half Light in the city. I’m not sure where all Blue Tokai is present but I’m sure your city must be high on their list. I assume there must be many great Cafe’s in your city, after all it’s a buzzing place.
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All five look delightful and we’d be sure to try them all if we lived in Jaipur. I agree with what you said in a comment above about chain coffee shops lacking the charm of the individual ones. We rarely visit Costa, Cafe Nero or Starbucks and such like when we’re out unless there is no alternative.
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I hope someday you visit Jaipur and get to try them out yourselves. I feel individually owned and run cafes tend to be more dynamic than the chain cafes. Are chain cafe’s stronger in your area and in the UK? I suppose the individual cafes must be outnumbering the chain cafes.
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Ah, my favourite haunts.
My special is our Mugg and Bean.
Love the seriously dirty chai lattes … and the people watching 🙂
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cool. Would love to see pictures of this place on your blog, someday! It’ll be cool to get a virtual tour of your part of the world.
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I promise Arv.
When lockdown is over.
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Great! Thanks, Kavitha
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Nowadays, every time I read/look at a travel post, it makes me a little sad. Don’t know how long we have to stay confined at home…
Being a coffeeholic, the coffee in the signature Jaipur blue-pottery cup just made me thirsty 😁
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Like everything else, this time will end too. Hopefully sometime soon. This is time for virtual travel and recollect past travel experiences. Are you regular at coffee places in Kolkata, Maniparna?
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Coffee is my No. 1, then it’s a toss up between tea and herbal teas.
Great read!
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Great. I’m happy you enjoyed this post, Nilla. 🙂
Hope you are doing well.
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