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A fresh roast

An artisan coffee label's first cafe in Bengaluru offers a multi-sensory experience

The flying squirrel
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Ashish D’Abreo (left); Tej Thammaiah roasting coffee beans at The Flying Squirrel

Nikita Puri
In a café where orange and brown-hued interiors infuse a warm earthiness to the ambience, sun light streams in from a clear glass facade all day long. A signboard behind the counter says, “Don’t use bad words,” and lists two expletives. The third “bad word” here is in bold, capital letters and reads: “instant coffee”.  

On one end of the counter are muffins. On the other are coffee beans with tiny placards that read: Parama, Aromatique, Sattva, Sun Kissed, and so on. 

Come evening, before the sun prepares to begin its descent, Ashish D’Abreo, who for the past 10