There have been loads of coffee and Tea bars opening up all over the places now a days. But, we all know its the Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) which came up with the idea of a home grown coffee/tea bar, where one could sit, chat and relax. The idea of “Anything can happen over a cup of coffee” simply struck a chord with young and not so young alike.
Way back in 2002-2003, the first CCD opened near Chennamma circle in Belgaum, everyone was talking about how costly was a cup of coffee there. I remember my uncle telling with surprise and shock about the cost of a coffee and also the people who visit there are not so wise to spend 40 bucks (in 2002-03) for a coffee.
Now, CCD/Barista’s are the places where we see loads of crowd hanging out. After having a lot of CCD/Barista, we both wanted to try out something different, but similar to above. We could sit, talk and have some snacks and sip hot tea. Well, we all know there are many types of Coffee available and there are some limited options on tea in CCD, but still we were looking out for a specialized tea bar.
Accidently we happen to find a place called “MY TEA HOUSE”.
It’s not as posh as CCD, but nice place to sit. Its more like a bigger hall, some TV sets placed across and visible from all any part of the hall. MTH spcializes in different types of tea. Right from Assam tea to Kashmir tea. There are milk and Non milk teas available. As per the claims by MTH, he has more than 100 types of teas available.
Snacks wise, there are sandwiches, burgers and other fast food available and each will be prepared afresh and served (Unlike CCD where they just have that readily available). Though the “Hyderabadi Sulaimani chai” may not exactly taste as good as the native chai, but not bad also. In MTH, we have tried many types of teas over a period of time and there are not many complaints from our side.(Once I tried Kashmiri tea, which has no sugar but there was Salt and I could sip only twice. I should have listened to the advice of the guy there…)
Snacky wise, Garlic bread platter was the most I liked, apart from Club Sandwich. There are burgers, french fries, noodles, omlette, Paratha etc. There are some cakes available as well, but we have tried only once and not found worth of it.
Now, coming to the cost…
An average tea would cost around Rs. 50+ and snacks starts Rs. 45 onwards and upto Rs. 150 or so.. On an average per couple with tea and a light snack would cost upto Rs. 250-300. Earlier there was no credit/debit card, but now I guess he would accept as I have seen a machine there on the counter.
They do sell Tea powder apart from some fancy tea cups made of clay.
MTH is approximately half a km from DG petrol bunk on the ring road towards Kamakya on the Left hand side. And is located next to the Mane thindi opposite to Corp bank ATM.
Here is the exact address …
No. 293, 4th Phase, 7th Block 100 Ft Ring Road, Banashankari, 3rd Stage, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560085
Give a try sometime..
Cheers..
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