I loved reading the history of coffee here (barista.co.in).. especially I liked the part which read "Attempts to ban the coffee". The website's content writer seems to have a good stylish flair for his/her words and the presentation. But yes, the history page was too long in a way, and the last bit of technical know-how's made me stop tasting the content and click some other link.
Other than that, that site of barista was a good read... may be because I like them a little too much. I love the saffron orangish color barista gives to its outlets.. and their ambience all done to some simple perfection to the volume of the music (so it doesnt disturb your conversation), to the position of the TV (so it doesnt distract you if you dont want to watch it), to their mild air-conditioned ambience (so you dont feel that you are some place different than where you can talk freely), etc.,
I thought barista was a multinational coffee chain.. reading through the site, I found its first outlet was in new delhi and it covered all over india's major cities.. and atleast one outlet in all important cities. In chennai they have a lot of outlets, what even inside Taj coromandel hotel you have a barista outlet.
For the drink.. I am not an experimentor at coffee, neither a coffee-addict though I love the coffee whenever I drink it... and at Barista or elsewhere I either just take a normal filter coffee or a cappucino.
If you want to make your cappucino(yes you get cappucino coffee mixes at supermarkets to try) barista style.. then try this old post
