A Cup of Chai

a cup of chai takes its tea seriously, and that alone sets it apart from most coffee shops calling themselves specialty. you'll find it on shelby street in the fountain square neighborhood, a part of indianapolis that's spent the last decade becoming somewhere people actually want to be. the regulars here aren't showing up out of habit or convenience, they're showing up because the place has earned that kind of loyalty through consistency. it's the sort of spot where what's in your cup feels considered, not churned out. not everything on the menu makes a loud argument for itself, and that's the point. if you're in the area on a weekend morning, the chai is the obvious place to start.