Hyderabad, weโve arrived ๐โ๏ธ Weโre thrilled to share that three new Blue Tokai cafes are now open across the city! Come by to sip on your favourite brews, and explore our extensive food menu featuring freshly baked treats. ๐ค๐ผ๐ ๐ Gandipet Shop No. 2, First Floor, Gravity Zip, Gooncha Hills โฐ 7am - 11pm ๐ Knowledge Park Ground Floor, Cafe No. 4, Tower-1 โฐ 7am - 11pm ๐ Jubilee Enclave Ground Floor, Plot No. 48 โฐ 7am - 11pm
This week at the Blue Tokai Book Club, weโre diving into Wanderers, Kings, Merchants by Peggy Mohan. Recommended by the brilliant women at @storytellerkol, this book turns big ideas about linguistics into a lively, engaging read. Mohan explores the complex world of speech patterns, word choices, and language shifts through inviting prose. She reveals how Sanskrit and Dravidian languages shaped each other, how Keralaโs Namboodiri Brahmins wove Sanskrit words into Malayalam, and how Nagamese sprang up in the North-East India as a fresh branch of the Mฤgadhan languages. She also explores the rise of Urdu, the Sanskritization of Hindi in the 1800s, and how English took root under the Raj and after independence. By the end, youโre sure to see languages as living entities, shaped by migrations, conquests, and everyday life. Reading along? Drop your thoughts with us in the comments. ๐ P.S. Keep an eye on our feed for weekly picks from some of our favourite local independent bookstores.
A thoughtful gift is one you put together yourself. โจ This Diwali, visit your nearest Blue Tokai cafรฉ to create a gift box brimming with coffee, treats, and love for the ones youโre celebrating. ๐ #bluetokaidiwali #diwaligifthampers #bluetokaidiwali #diwaligifthampers
Meet YC-01 by @ratnagiri_estate the latest drop from our Producer Series 2025! The producers Ashok and Divya Patre processed this coffee using bio-reactors, in a CO2 rich environment. During a 76-hour fermentation, two yeast strains alongside lactic acid bacteria were introduced. And the most exciting part? The yeast strains were crafted using the farmโs own organic matter! The result is an expressive light roast with both fruity and floral layers. In each sip, youโll taste jasmine, custard apple, forest honey, and earl grey tea. Bring this special coffee home through the link in our bio! ๐ #producerserieslaunch #ratnagiriestate #producerserieslaunch #ratnagiriestate
An evening in the City of Joy marked the beginning of something new for us at Blue Tokai. โจ At our Biowonder Ruby cafรฉ in Kolkata, Chef Auroni and our co-founder, Shivam, came together to launch our revamped Kolkata cafรฉ menu. It was a first taste of the exciting journey ahead, reflecting everything we love- creativity, flavour, and the joy of sharing experiences around the table. ๐ Dine in or order from Kolkata via the link in our stories.
This week at the Blue Tokai Book Club, weโre reading Chikkamma Tours Pvt. Ltd., the debut novel by Unmana. A recommendation by our friends at @champacabooks, the story begins in a beloved bookstore in Bengaluru. But things take a turn when the cosy space turns into the scene of a crime. We follow Nilima, who jumps at the chance of playing amateur detective โ and from there, a web of secrets unravels, brought to life by warm, flawed characters and the city itself. Reading along? Share your thoughts with us in the comments. ๐ P.S. Keep an eye on our feed for weekly picks from some of our favourite local independent bookstores. ๐ #btbookclub #btbookclub
This week, weโre reading Intertidal by Yuvan Aves, a recommendation from our friends at @thebookshopinc Longlisted for the prestigious Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, Intertidal asks us to rethink the values we live by. It invites us to see beyond the binaries of sea and coast, human and not human, self and other, and imagine a life deeply connected with all that surrounds us. Weโd love to hear how what you think of Intertidal. Let us know in the comments! P.S. Weโre excited to have partnered with local bookstores across 5 cities and we will feature recommendations from them each week. ๐ Watch our stories for more! ๐ #btbookclub #btbookclub