Ashok Sarbath shop is situated just outside Angannan Biryani Kadai and opposite Paati Kadai in RS Puram’s VCV Layout. There is a buzz among the eager customers as Muthiah readies six glasses before him with a lot of crashing and banging. He washes his hands and places the cut fruit on the rim of the glass and, with a deft twist of his wrist, squeezes it dry — first the orange, then the lemon and finally the lime.
At this shop in Coimbatore, the making of a variety of summer drinks is a performance by itself