EKA Coffee Pvt Ltd · Salem, Tamil Nadu

Brewing community,
not just coffee.

India's specialty café investment opportunity — built on validated unit economics, documented operating systems, and institutional governance. Two profitable cafés today. A 100+ café platform by 2040.

This is coffee.

At a glance — validated today
2
Operational cafés · Salem
~₹1 Cr
FY26 combined turnover
25–30%
Net margin, post all costs
~70%
Repeat customers
₹45L per branch · target ROI 20–24 months
The opportunity in numbers

A live investor dashboard

These figures move with your assumptions in the calculator below. Start with a single, professionally-run branch and see exactly how a ₹45 lakh investment performs.

Monthly Revenue
Per branch run-rate
Annual Revenue
12-month projection
Your Monthly Profit
Your partnership share
Capital Recovery
Months to break even
Interactive business simulator

Model your investment in real time

Move any slider — every number, chart, and the summary below update instantly. Nothing is locked: set your own turnover, investment, net margin and reserve. The defaults reflect TCC's proven 25% net model, but every input is yours to change.

Daily walk-ins75
Average bill value₹500
Operating days / month30
Total branch investment₹45L
Full capital to build & launch one branch. Bigger budget = larger format, higher turnover potential.
Number of partners4
Net profit is split pro-rata across all investor partners. Eka's only charge is the 8% brand & ops fee — already inside the 75% costs. No hidden charges.
Your investment₹8.4L
Min ₹15L · up to the full branch budget.
Net profit margin25%
Your net margin. Defaults to TCC's proven 25%. Every cost line below rescales so the breakdown always adds to 100%.
Emergency reserve5%
Held back before distribution for repairs, equipment replacement & capex. Protects the branch from surprise costs.
Annual growth12%
Applied to the 5 & 10-year wealth projection.
Monthly turnover
Annual turnover
Branch net profit / mo
Your monthly profit
Estimated annual ROI
Capital recovery

Where every ₹100 of turnover goes

TCC operating model · per IIM cost categories
25%
Net profit

Your wealth over time

Cumulative distributions + growth

Your investor summary

Auto-generated · indicative
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Number of partners
Your investment
Your partnership share
Daily walk-ins
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Your monthly profit
Your annual profit
Estimated ROI
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5-year wealth
10-year wealth

How it works

How one cup becomes investor profit

A transparent path from the counter to your bank account — nothing hidden in the middle.

Customer
Buys a cup
Turnover
Logged on POS
Costs (75%)
Beans, staff, rent
Net profit (25%)
After all expenses
Partner share
Pro-rata, monthly
Five pillars of defensibility

Why The Coffee Community is structurally different

Each pillar is hard to copy on its own. Together — in our geography — no other brand offers them as a single proposition.

Salem's first specialty café

Built ground-up to specialty standards — origin-led beans, precision brewing, trained baristas. A genuine first-mover position with strong recall.

In-house micro-roastery

We control the roast profile of every bean. Vertical integration delivers freshness and a product moat against players buying commodity coffee.

Comprehensive manual brewing

Pour-over, AeroPress, Chemex, Siphon and more — Tamil Nadu's only café with manual brewing as a primary, fully-trained programme.

Bean-to-cup experience

Guests select their own bean from a curated origin menu and watch it brewed by hand. Experiential transparency that's rare in India.

Education-first service

Baristas teach as much as they serve — origin, roast date, method, tasting notes. This is the engine of the ~70% repeat rate.

Institutional governance

Documented SOPs, formal LLP structure, quarterly reviews, audited financials. Investors back a system — not a single individual.

Operational excellence

Excellence built into every cup

Every outlet runs on the same documented rhythm — not on heroics. This is how quality stays constant as the network scales from two cafés to a hundred.

The opening ritual — non-skippable

A fixed 8-step countdown transforms a closed space into a service-ready café. No outlet opens until every step is done and the timestamped photo is logged.

Mid-shift auto-pilot cadence

Every task has a time, an owner and proof — hygiene checks every 3–4 hours, the 8-step service loop on every order, pre-peak stock re-checks.

The 3C standard — Coffee, Cleanliness, Customer First

In that order, non-negotiable, every shift. Part of induction, performance reviews and monthly manager audits.

Weekly & monthly discipline

The Weekly 8 every Monday; full monthly reporting drives payroll, incentives and outlet ranking. Late submission is a tracked trigger.

4-phase training & certification

No untrained hands on the floor. Every joiner is certified by the Training & QC Lead before unsupervised shifts; annual recertification follows.

Governance & structure

A system, not a founder dependency

Clear chain of command from the boardroom to the bar. Every outlet connects upward through the same accountable structure.

Founder & Managing Director
Rangaraj · Eka Coffee Pvt Ltd
Operations Manager
KPIs · supply · branch reviews
Finance & Accounts
with M/s Ace Finance
Training & QC Lead
Certification · audits
Café Manager
Single point of outlet accountability
Head Barista
Coffee lead
Baristas
Service & host
Kitchen Staff
Food & hygiene
Why your capital is protected

Built for investor confidence

A clean two-tier structure ring-fences risk at the branch and protects the brand at the parent. Here's what stands behind your investment.

Limited liability LLP

Each branch is a standalone LLP — your liability is capped at your contribution; personal assets aren't exposed.

Branch risk isolation

Losses or liabilities of one branch never affect investors in another. Risk is ring-fenced by design.

Real-time transparency

Read-only POS access, CCTV viewing, a monthly information statement, and quarterly governance reviews.

Audited financials

Annual CA-audited statements per branch, GST reconciliation and the right to inspect the books on notice.

Defined exit framework

24-month lock-in, then a 90-day notice exit with a transparent CA-led valuation and right of first refusal.

Comprehensive insurance

Fire, burglary, public liability, equipment breakdown and more — sized to each branch's operating risk.

Branch model

One brand, multiple formats

The expansion runs branch-by-branch through dedicated LLPs. Below are the formats on the roadmap, with indicative economics from our operating data.

Boutique Café
The flagship destination format
Indicative budget₹45 Lakh
Monthly turnover₹7.5–9L
Net margin25–30%
Target ROI20–24 mo
RoasteryIn-house capable
Container Café
Compact, fast-deploy format
Status2026 · planned
FootprintLow
CatchmentHigh-footfall spots
CapexLighter
Speed to openFast
Highway Café
Volume & daypart diversity
StatusAug 2026 · planned
LocationMettupatti Toll
Demand sourceTravellers
HoursExtended
ResilienceCycle-balanced
Why specialty coffee, why now

India is moving from coffee-as-commodity to coffee-as-craft

TCC is positioned at exactly that crossover — and the specialty segment is the fastest-growing café category in the country.

Premiumisation

Discretionary F&B spend is rising, especially in Tier-2 cities. Consumers will pay more for a verifiably better cup.

The third place

Cafés are where people study, meet and work. "Brewing Community" speaks directly to this behaviour.

Tier-2 white space

Salem, Coimbatore, Erode, Trichy, Madurai are under-served by specialty brands — TCC's natural market.

Coffee heritage

Yercaud, Nilgiris and adjacent Karnataka give direct estate access and shorter supply chains.

Operating philosophy

The promise behind every cup

Not testimonials — principles. Three commitments govern every shift, in this exact order of priority.

01

Coffee

Real specialty coffee — fresh beans, precision roasting, no shortcuts. A clean café can't rescue a bad cup, so coffee comes first.

02

Cleanliness

Strict hygiene and organised workflows. A clean space reflects our discipline and respect for the craft, every shift, every outlet.

03

Customer First

A welcoming experience built on attention, warmth and genuine human connection. Every guest is family for the duration of their visit.

Expansion roadmap · 2026 → 2040

From two cafés to a hundred

Measured phases that prioritise brand integrity and unit-level profitability over speed. Every milestone is funded branch-by-branch.

2026
4
Current 2 + Container + Highway. Operating playbook refined.
2028
10
Tamil Nadu density — Coimbatore, Erode, Trichy, Madurai.
2032
25
South India scale — Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad.
2036
50
Pan-India footprint across Tier-1 & Tier-2 cities.
2040
100+
National scale + exploratory international markets.
Next steps

Let's build the future of specialty coffee together.

Indicate your interest to the Office of the Managing Director. We'll share branch-specific details, then move through NDA, due diligence and definitive agreements at your pace.

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