Log poochte hain — "coffee brand chalate ho, kitaab kyun likhi?"
Jawab simple hai: jitna main coffee peeta gaya, utna hi is kahani ke pyaar mein padta gaya.
Ek nachti bakri se shuru hua safar
Kahani sunte ho kabhi — Ethiopia ke ek charwahe ki, jiski bakriyan ek din ajeeb tarah se nachne lagi thi? Unhone kuch laal cherries khayi thi jo unhe raat bhar jagaye rakhti thi.
Wahi chhoti si kahani thi jisne mujhe pehli baar rok diya. Barista training ke dauraan Singapore mein, jab log sirf "cappuccino ya latte" poochte the, main sochta tha — is cup ke peeche sadiyon ka ek safar hai. Kisi ko pata bhi hai?
Sufi Faqeer aur ek chori — kitaab ka naam yun hi nahi hai
Coffee ka Bharat tak pahunchna bhi koi seedha rasta nahi tha. Ek Sufi sant, ek chori, aur ek pahaadi safar — ye kahani utni hi rangeen hai jitni coffee khud.
Maine socha — ye kahani sirf English mein kitabon mein band kyun rahe? Ise Hinglish mein, apne andaaz mein, un logon tak kyun na pahunchayi jaye jo roz coffee peete hain lekin uski kahani nahi jaante?
10 chapters, ek safar
"Naachti Bakriyan, Sufi Faqeer Aur Ek Chori" — subtitle: 1200 saal ka safar, Ethiopia ke jungle se aapke cup tak. 10 chapters mein coffee ka poora safar: Ethiopia ke jungle se, Arab ke bandargaahon se, Sufi sant ke haath se, Bharat ki pahadiyon tak, aur phir duniya bhar mein.
~11,300 shabd, A5 format, Hinglish mein — jaise main aapse baat karta hoon, waise hi likha hai. Kisi history-book jaisa bhaari nahi, kisi dost ki kahani jaisa halka.
Ek chhoti si dedication
Ye kitaab maine Benji ko samarpit ki hai — Philippines mein mere mentor, jinhone sikhaya ki coffee sirf peene ki cheez nahi, samajhne ki cheez hai.
Kyun padhein?
Kyunki agli baar jab aap UDGAM ya VAJRA ka cup uthayenge — aapko pata hoga ki ye chhota sa cup kitni door se, kitni kahaniyon se hoke aapke haath tak pahuncha hai. Coffee peena ek ritual hai. Ye kitaab us ritual ko aur gehra banati hai.
Amazon Kindle par abhi available hai — ₹99.
👉 Kitaab yahan padhein (Amazon Kindle)
Coffee ki kahani, ab shabdon mein bhi. ☕📖
— Surendar Kumar, Founder, Roam N Brew