By two coffee

"By-two coffee" is a true-blue Bangalorean expression.It simply means sharing a single cup of filter coffee as you cannot afford two.You see,people in Bangalore love to take their cup of coffee as often as they can during the day.This means they can't always shell out the money but are willing to share the expenses with an equally coffee loving person or partner.

"By-two coffee" is usually taken when you meet up an old acquaintaince on the street or a daily coffee break with colleagues to the nearest tea/coffee stall.You may not get to see this culture in the posh coffee shops of these days..but do venture out to a government office or a local eatery/darshini,you will definitely not miss this concept in actual practise.

Going a bit further on this subject,"by-two coffee" is always served in traditonal steel glasses with a steel katori(small bowl).Go ahead and order for a single cup of coffee which gets served in the small katori with the steel glass upside down(the coffee is inside the upturned glass).Its your wish to skillfully remove the glass and divide the coffee for your partner or ask for another empty glass to make the share!
The picture above is not the perfect -"by-two coffee" but it does show you the steel katori with a glass(just imagine a steel glass instead).

This "by-two"concept is so popular that you will see college students asking a dish of soup split into two(either coz they dont want to spend on two bowls or cannot complete one whole dish by themselves.We also got a radio show name "by two coffee" on radio city.

Personally,any cup of coffee is fine by me..as long as its hot and served atleast three times every day!