How Caffeine Baar helps you find your flavour profile

Caffeine Baar elevates the coffee drinking experience to a culinary and olfactory encounter

I was asked how I liked my coffee. Black, I answered. “What kind of black?” Now, that’s a question you do not get asked a lot, but be ready with an answer if you are heading to The Caffeine Baar.

Coffee has long ceased to be a simple affair with milk and sugar being the only options; at The Caffeine Baar it has been elevated to a signature experience where one can single out their coffee preference from sweet, salty, sour, spicy, bitter and umami. Yes, that’s right, coffee can be savoury and spicy too.

Freshly ground from beans harvested from the Baarbara Estate in Chikmagalur, make up all the coffee at The Caffeine Baar founded by Sreeraksha Poornesh and Poojya. Their shelves and menu card sport variants such as honey sun-dried, pineapple fermentation, frozen cherry and more, among their manual brews.

If you have the time and inclination, opt for their coffee-tasting menu to gauge which flavour profile gives you a buzz. Distilled and decocted, these extracts sit pretty and chilled in wine glasses and whiskey goblets. From jackfruit and jalapeno for those who love some zing to matcha and lavender syrup for a mellower feel, these drinks are unlike any you may have savoured.

One can only watch mesmerised as your coffee sommelier/mixologist whirrs up a nitro canister, syphon brewer or magnetic stirrer to pour you a glass that is as unexpected as it is delightful. And while the coffees and coffee-extract beverages are a delight, the food menu is nothing to scoff at.

We start with one of their open sourdough toasts — the scrambled egg and harissa hummus. It is a great choice for brunch or the start of a busy day. Spicy and tangy, drizzled over with chilli oil, it hits the spot and once you top it off with a hot cuppa, there is not much that can faze you out just then.

Or if you would like a milder start, opt for the avocado toast. Topped with feta and pomegranates, the mildly flavoured choice is for those who would rather ease into their day.