Blog
Notes from behind the counter.
Guides to the city’s best stores, and plain answers to the questions the packaging dodges.
Where to buy specialty coffee beans in Bengaluru
Two Indian roasters, and how to pick a bag you’ll like.
Where Bengaluru’s hobbyists buy their art supplies
Three stores artists, crafters and stationery people actually go to.
A beginner’s shopping list for a Korean grocery
Five things to buy first, and one dinner to make with them.
What “single-origin” actually means
Single-country, single-estate, micro-lot, and when it matters.
How to tell good from well-packaged
Nice packaging is easy. Five ways to look past it.
Why good things cost what they cost
Where the money goes in small-batch food.
How to build a gift hamper from local stores
Three hampers to steal, from three or four stores in one order.
How to read a bag of dog food
What the back of the bag tells you that the front won’t.
What “organic” means on an Indian label
The logos that mean something, and the words that don’t.
The Pikvita Manifesto: the stores that care are still here
Why we’re building for the store, and the person behind the counter.
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