The Flying Squirrel serves high quality artisanal coffees

Catching up over coffee these days seems passé. The same cold coffee served under some fancy name, leaves you confused over whether you are drinking melted ice or cold milk. But all is not lost for coffee connoisseurs. There are cafes committed to serving the best coffee without compromising on quality.

The Flying Squirrel, located in a bustling food street in Koramangala, stands out for their high quality artisanal speciality coffees. The cool 36-seater micro roastery and cafe has a relaxed ambience with plenty of natural light streaming in. Make no mistake, though, this is no ordinary cafe. It is a coffee brand and the emphasis is on coffee, there’s no deviating from that.

The Flying Squirrel, started in 2013, by Tej Thammaiah and Ashish DÁbreo, has coffee beans sourced directly from an estate in Coorg, from where the cafe has got its name. One of the common sightings at the estate is the flying squirrel.

It is also where coffee is freshly roasted and ground before it is retailed within the city and to other parts of the country.

As you enter the micro roastery and cafe, the aroma of freshly roasted coffee and the sound of swirling in the coffee machine, fills the air. We make ourselves comfortable and then look through the menu, which has salads and burgers to choose from. The emphasis is on the coffees, which are available as pour over, espresso or Americano, cappuccino, and latte. We can’t wait to try their signature coffees, so we order parama cuppaccino , a blend of arabica and robusta. Its smooth taste gives you ‘coffee coma’ so to speak. Eager to try another variety, we are served clouds in my coffee, which has a bolder flavour than parama, but it leaves you refreshed. ‘Tis the season for cold brews, which is a welcome addition to the menu to beat the sweltering heat. So we sample citrus bloom cold coffee, infused with a hint of orange, which is a burst of delightful mildly sweet flavours.

The food has been specially designed to complement the coffees, which is central to the menu. We try the buckwheat noodles with smoked salmon. It is fresh and healthy, but the salmon slow cooked in olive oil gives it a delicious twist. There’s the Coorg bird eye chilli (grown in Coorg) spaghetti with jumbo shrimps that is again mildly flavoured. And if we thought that the food couldn’t get any better, we are serve millet lasagna.

Wrapped in multi-millet and grain lasagna sheets with baby spinach and mushroom filling. YUM! The beef burger is served with a lovely relish and fries.

Here is a place that feels like home. Where you can spend some quality time with friends over freshly brewed coffee in large servings.

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The Flying Squirrel Micro Roastery and Café /
@136, 1st Cross Road, 5th Block, Koramangala /
HITS:Coffees and millet lasagna /
MISSES:Beef burger/
MEAL FOR TWO:Rs. 1,200 /
: 40991044
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source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Metro Plus / by Sravasti Datta / April 28th, 2017