Coffee is how we say welcome.
In India, no one asks if you want coffee.
It’s already being made.
Filter coffee is coffee and chicory, brewed slow, poured from a height into a steel tumbler. It’s how you tell someone you were thinking of them before they walked in. You don’t rush something you’re making for someone else.
Lahari grew up with this in Hyderabad. Moved to the US at eight. Spent years here missing it — the hospitality where someone starts before you arrive.
Kali & Co exists because that feeling shouldn’t require a twelve-hour flight.
About the Founder
Born in Hyderabad. Moved to the US at eight. Grew up here. Has one very opinionated dog named Kali.
Kali & Co is Lahari’s answer to a feeling she missed: the unhurried act of making coffee for someone. The implicit I’m glad you’re here.
She’s building a brand around that. Starting with coffee.