Curious Life — a unique coffee roastery in Jaipur
I had heard about Curious Life coffee roasters for some time, and quite liked their story and Instagram page. It’s one of the original coffee roasters or specialty café/ single origin coffee places in Jaipur, which I feel is quite a good concept to be introduced in the heritage city of Jaipur as you get exposed to a new form of lifestyle place/hangout spot in the city which is traditionally known for street food, the traditional Indian fried snacks on the roads and sweets. And cafes have traditionally not been around much, haven’t been much popular, but as the city’s working population changes their lifestyles does too , and the presence of such cafes really goes well with the vibe and the buzz of this crowd.
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I quite like that that the café was in a very posh neighborhood of the city C-scheme which is traditionally known for student haunts and tourists love to roam around the streets of C-scheme as well. It’s quite a vibrant neighborhood. It was not too tough to find the place from Google maps and was parking was also not that tough.
I liked the ambience, not very different from the upmarket neighborhood, hip type of single origin or roaster type of cafes that you see in the metro cities, the ambience was lively. Buzzing and energetic in the air, I could see lot of people working at a different tables and it was typical kind of freelancing or a startup crowd kind of vibe.
I had expected a little more personal attention from the staff though because I was trying to ask more about the coffees but didn’t really get much response or a very interactive vibe. But what I got wasn’t bad either, I was able to get a great coffee for myself — a Kenyan Gachatha brewed in aeropress and I I took a banana muffin or banana cake with it. The coffee was nice and interesting- chocolate and characteristic Kenyan-fruitiness and acidity but also a sweet finish, very palatable. The muffin though, I think it was towards the healthy side so was not very high on taste but I did enjoy the coffee, I did enjoy my view here with a nice elevated window seat. You don’t get wifi here, which is a little strange, because this place actually is meant to or somewhere where you can do work from, like, a co-working space.
Nonetheless, I quite like the coffee bar atmosphere and the staff was quite energetic. I also packed for home a craft brew which is essentially not a cold brew, but which is coffee freshly made and flash-chilled which was something new that I saw here. However, the craft brew was not essentially a very small or a sweet brew. I do enjoy my nitro brews and cold brews, but this one was a little too, may be on the stronger and bolder and bitter side. I am not sure if it was because I had brought it home and kept it in the fridge. But, the buzz that it had it was nice nonetheless. I had a lot of energy for the rest of the day and the bottle looked pretty to boot.
So, I think Curious Life is a nice place in Jaipur to spend some time with a book or meet a friend(or vice-versa), get some ideas going or get some work done. And also to enjoy lot of different coffees and immerse in all things coffee(coffee, not Nescafe). They are really passionate about coffee. They have a lot of graffiti, like a lot of things written up on the boards like a classic café, and they also have a lot of stuff at the huge merch-wall too where they sell their coffee beans, equipment and collectibles. Too bad my coffee shelf has reached its saturation point.
Keep it Curious, Life.
