Brewing Big Dream at Local Climber's Little Café
Brewing Big Dream at Local Climber's Little Café (mountain climbing story of Sharmila Lama, from Nepal) Sharmila at Her Cafe Until recently, coffee-related jargons such as Americano, Cappuccino, Mocca, Double or Single Shot, which were only heard in big tourist hotels and restaurants, have now become the buzz words of Kathmandu commoners. With any excuse, people flock for 'coffee meetings' where they chat from politics to the baristas who make all flavors of coffee and bring them to their table. Mountaineer Sharmila Lama is one of such baristas whose, story is worth knowing. Sharmila's small 'Café Epic' is located in the temporarily constructed Kalimpong Plaza on the way towards Phulbari Tol from Bouddha in the capital. As in other coffee shops, coffee of different flavors is available here and the café operator Sharmila makes and serves coffee with her own hands. She is one of the few Nepali women to successfully ascend four 8,000 plus meters high mountain