Nandan Coffee has opened its first Bengaluru flagship at Embassy One, translating the sensory world of its Kodaikanal estate into a contemporary café experience centred on provenance, sustainability, filter kaapi, and specialty coffee culture.
India’s coffee culture is transforming, especially among young urban consumers who view cafés as cultural spaces. Topics like single-origin beans, brewing, traceability, and sustainability are now mainstream, while regional traditions like South Indian filter kaapi are reinterpreted through modern cafés. This change has been ongoing for decades, and Nandan Coffee has experienced it all. Certified organic since 2001, Nandan Coffee has led the sustainable specialty coffee in India since the 1990s.
The brand’s first flagship store in Bengaluru is a culmination of this journey and a homecoming for the brand. Located at Embassy One in Bengaluru’s Sadashivnagar neighbourhood, Nandan Coffee’s first flagship café brings the atmosphere of its Nandanvan estate in Kodaikanal into an urban, coffee-first space. Designed by Farida Mariwala Interiors in collaboration with Faizan Khatri, the café features estate-inspired materials and a sculptural central coffee bar crafted from layered Baroda Green marble. A dedicated Filter Kaapi Bar anchors its local connection, while the shelves offer Nandan’s blends, brewing formats, and curated ceramicware. Built around visibility, craft, and provenance, the space accommodates everything from quick coffees and meetings to long, unhurried conversations.
“Everything at Nandan Coffee begins at the estate. We grow, process, and roast our coffee ourselves at our estate, and then bring it directly into our spaces. That closeness to origin allows us to preserve quality, remain consistent and create a coffee experience that is deeply personal and rooted in provenance.”Yahvi Mariwala, Co-founder of Nandan Coffee
At the heart of Nandan Coffee’s beverage programme sits a Filter Kaapi Bar that honours South Indian coffee tradition while nudging it into new territory with contemporary flavour profiles such as Spiced Orange Vanilla or Honey Cardamom. Four signature blends anchor an Espresso and Manual Bar, while Cold Brew Tonics, Raspberry Lattés, and a Cold Kaapi on Tap keep things lively and seasonal. Ceremonial Grade Matcha, fruit-forward Smoothies, and Teas round out a program that insists every kind of drinker belongs here — the purist and the curious alike.
The food complements the beverages in a marriage of Kodaikanal and Mumbai, with dishes such as Jola Ribs, a riff on Marine Drive’s monsoon-roasted corn, and the Bombay Bagel. The Rasam Minestrone — garlic rasam folded into a parmesan-rind broth — reflects Nandan’s culinary ambitions, rooted in India yet global in outlook.
Nandan Coffee’s Bengaluru flagship is a continuation of the story that began over three decades ago in the forests of Kodaikanal. What began as Hansraj and Hansa Mariwala’s vision to cultivate exceptional coffee while restoring and protecting the land has evolved into one of India’s pioneering farm-to-cup specialty coffee brands. At Nandanvan, the brand’s biodiverse estate nestled in the Palani Hills, the coffee plantation is part of a larger ecosystem shaped by organic farming, wildlife, natural water harvesting, and environmental stewardship. Under the leadership of Yahvi Mariwala, that legacy now enters a new chapter, bringing the estate’s sensory world to the heart of Bengaluru. As India’s coffee culture becomes more conscious of provenance, sustainability, and craft, Nandan Coffee’s flagship store is both a culmination of its journey and a glimpse into the future of Indian specialty coffee: rooted in land, memory, and care, yet constantly evolving with the people who gather around it.
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