A perfect cup of coffee or an aromatic cup of tea goes a long way into jarring you awake. Be it on breakfast table or a 4’0 clock break, these beverages are an essential part one can’t do without. Mumbai is dotted with numerous cafes and tea parlors to take care of your every caffeine need. Some concentrates on just one beverage, however, there is one name where you can find both. ‘The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’ is a welcoming modern café, which takes pride in it’s excellent selection of tea and coffee. They have a chain of cafes dotted all over Mumbai but we like the one located on Level 1, Lodha Excelus, Apollo Mill Compound, NM Joshi Marg, Mahalaxmi. Executives in casual meetings or students with laptops are often seen relaxing here.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is an ideal place to stop by for breakfast on your way to work. They start catering around 8 am. Have, ham & cheese omelette, hash brown with beans, smoked chicken sausages, scrambled egg, waffle and egg white fluffy omelette. Accessorise the breakfast with an assortment of cookies, muffins, croissants and cakes. Mouth-watering blends of tea and coffee awaits you to wake you up. For your evening meal start your first course with, chilly cheese baguette, Mezze salad, veg puff, salsa pizza, brioche, spicy chicken burrito, caeser salad and peri peri spiced paneer roll. To fulfil your leftover appetite make inroads into, penne arrabiata, roast vegetables & hummus sandwich, baked chicken tomato cream, smoked chicken croissant, baked tomato cream, chilly corn mushroom sandwich and spaghetti roast chicken & pesto cream.

Sugar buffs can pair their lattes with an array of sweet stuffs cooked up at the café. Why not indulge in, white chocolate gateaux, Boston nut brownie, hazelnut tiramisu, Chicago cheese cake, 3 layered chocolate mousse and blueberry cheese cake. The relaxed inviting mood at the café instantly draws you in. With their selection of gourmet teas and high blend coffees picked from all across the globe, they encourage you to linger around. Exposed brick walls accents the dark wood furnishings and dim lit ambience of this cozy café. Décor is modern, pleasing and masculine. On our usual visits to this outlet we usually sit outside, drinking our coffee while basking in the sun. The mood is always laid-back here, plus the prices are real affordable too.