Coffee Nation

pune has been quietly building a specialty coffee scene that doesn't announce itself loudly, which is part of what makes it interesting. coffee nation, sitting off ashok path in erandwane, is one of the places locals keep coming back to, and that kind of repeat loyalty in a neighborhood this residential means something. erandwane isn't a tourist corridor, it's a place where people actually live, which changes the whole character of a café that operates there. you're not stopping in because it showed up on a list of top ten spots, you're stopping in because it's close, familiar, and worth the detour. the local standing here has held up over time, and that's harder than it sounds in a city where new places open constantly. worth visiting on a slow weekday morning on ashok path.