Listening Sessions & Coffee Cocktails: How Goan Coffee Bars Are Blazing A Trail

There has been a coffee revolution in the works over the past few years and the rising popularity of homegrown coffee is nothing short of heartwarming. Goa, too, is seeing a similar revolution. Of course, the bars and pubs (and cheap alcohol) remain at the forefront of Goan tourism, but coffee and cafes are slowly gaining ground. Goa-based roasteries and coffee bars are a major part of this movement, and we’re taking a look at just a few of them today.

I. Grind Bar Goa

Grind Bar Goa is the ultimate haunt that is bound to fulfil your caffeine needs. Unlike the dreary corporate chain coffee places, Grind Bar Goa takes the ‘thirst come, thirst served’ motto seriously. Nestled in the heart of Anjuna, this buzzing café is renowned for its freshly brewed coffee that always proves to be an instant mood lifter. Grind Bar Goa is more than your next-door coffee joint. Documenting a café culture that melds youthful synergy with creative sensibility, customers can now sit back and enjoy a classic pour-over while partaking in much anticipated weekly listening sessions and bar takeovers that are set to get you grooving!

II. G-Shot Coffee Roastery & Cafe

With a ‘meditative approach to speciality coffee’, G-Shot aims to connect people with each other through food, coffee and meditation. It takes a conscious approach toward clean coffee and food and nearly everything is made from scratch. Their vision stems from a community-living way of life and an ideal of ‘sharing the love’.

Their evident joy from their Single Origin in-house roasted coffee is infectious!

III. Perfect Cup

Calling themselves ‘Goa’s favourite neighborhood cafe bar’ and the ‘one-stop destination for the best coffee roasts, cocktails, beer on tap, desserts & everything in between’, Perfect Cup in Panjim offers a wide array of speciality coffees and blends that make for the perfect breakfast spot or the ideal hang out spot with friends.

If it’s a boozy coffee you desire, their coffee cocktails are a speciality worth trying.

IV. Project Baked Coffee & Dessert Bar

Located in the heart of Anjuna Project Baked Goa is the new coffee and dessert bar to hit the Goa food scene. Offering delicious desserts and speciality coffee, their menu is what dreams are made of. From espresso tonics to tiramisu cups to Pot De Creme to a French-style chocolate custard to their delicious cheesecake selection, everything on the menu is delightful. Add to that their classic range of coffees and it makes for a menu you would want to come back for.

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