Cues were explored around tea & coffee preparation and also textures, objects, ingredients and rituals in places where tea, coffee & spices were prepared, sold and consumed. We not only looked at community rituals, but also explored households, spice markets and tea plantations for inspiration from how it was grown, stored and consumed.

The project culminated in a photoessay and a short film that captured the beverage culture in Cochin in its truest essence - from the bustling tea stalls in city, the spice markets of the old town in Mattancherry to the rolling tea estates and spice trade in Munnar in the east of Kerala.

We also prepared a FattaBox (i.e., a box for inspirations) which contained artifacts such as packaging, labels, bags, receipts for food and beverage, containers, spices, traditional tea and coffee apparatus, local textiles all of which served as cultural inspiration for the client and the extended team.