‘The Lounge Journals’ are aimed at encouraging the youth to partake in creative hobbies and developing productive talents. Said K. Ramakrishnan, President-Marketing, Café Coffee Day, “The idea is to channelize youth energy into creative and productive expressions, and encourage them to develop passions in life. What better place for artistic expressions than The Lounge itself, which provides a luxurious and relaxed ambience for artists. The ambience, coffee and the food at The Lounge is designed to bring out the artist in you.”
A photographer and filmmaker, Ryan Lobo uses his lens to capture images that narrate stories and delves beyond the surface to give a new perspective. Ryan has co founded Mad Monitor Productions, a production company based in Bangalore and Washington, D.C., and has produced several shows for channels like National Geographic.
During the session, Ryan shared his experiences gained from traversing the globe and gave tips on varied nuances of photography, equipment and techniques, all that over some delicious coffee and scrumptious food. However, the best part turned out to be when he demonstrated how to shoot a perfectly brewed cup of coffee, made at The Lounge especially for Ryan’s shoot. The photography students and enthusiasts were excited on hearing that they would soon be receiving a picture of ‘The Perfect Cuppa’ shot, autographed by Ryan himself.
Said a beaming Ryan, “The session was exciting and invigorating thanks to The Lounge. It is always great to share my experience with students and it is even better when the audience is so receptive. But the best part was when I demonstrated the coffee cup shot, which I’ve never done earlier. Though I’ve frequented The Lounge a few times, shooting the coffee cup never occurred to me. It was a great experience.”
Café Coffee Day will take ‘The Lounge Journals’ across all its 30 outlets of The Lounge in India. The Lounge Journals will be a periodic series focusing on several interesting topics including photography, creative writing, painting, animation, and sculpting. Each session will conducted by a leading and renowned expert from the field.
About Coffee Day Lounge
‘The Lounge’ is a specially created format for the coffee lover who wishes to indulge in the selective art of brewing and drinking coffee which is complimented by the right combination of food, in a totally relaxed and luxurious ambience. The Lounge offers a range of distinct coffee blends prepared by special alternative brewing techniques, customized world cuisine, personalized service in a plush lounge seating.
About Café Coffee Day:
Café Coffee Day is a part of India's largest coffee conglomerate, Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. (ABCTCL), the first to roll out the ‘coffee bar’ concept in India with its first café in Bangalore. Café Coffee Day serves the coffee it grows on the 7400 acres of its own estates plus another 2500 acres of managed estates, the group also sources coffee from 11,000 small growers, making its holder the largest individual coffee plantation owner in Asia, this in addition to being India's only vertically integrated coffee company. Café Coffee Day’s menu ranges from signature hot and cold coffees to several exotic international coffees, food, desserts and pastries. In addition, exciting merchandise such as coffee powders, cookies, mugs, coffee filters, etc. are available at the cafés.
