Is the Indian Home Espresso Scene Large Enough for Its Own Community?
Hey folks — curious to get the community’s thoughts on this.
A lot of the coffee discussion in Indian communities understandably revolves around pourovers/manual brewing, but I’m wondering whether the Indian home espresso scene is now large enough to benefit from a more espresso-focused community or ecosystem.
Not necessarily to fragment the broader coffee community, but because espresso discussions are often fundamentally different and much more equipment/workflow centric:
- grinders
- machines
- dialing in
- puck prep
- milk steaming
- espresso-focused roasts
- pressure/temp stability
- maintenance & servicing
- water chemistry
- café-style milk drinks at home
Personally, I’ve realized that most of my interest right now is almost entirely around espresso and milk-based drinks, and I suspect there may be many others in the same boat.
India is a huge market, so even if only a small fraction of coffee enthusiasts are into espresso, that could still become a pretty active and high-quality niche community.
Do you think:
- it’s better to keep everything centralized under one coffee community,
OR
- there’s now enough momentum for something more espresso-centric (subreddit/Discord/resource hub/etc.)?
Genuinely curious how others see this evolving over the next few years.