Createry sits in the open plaza between Academic Block 1 and the student hostels — the threshold between where students live and where they study. The walls are blackboard paint. We wrote our name at the top and left the rest blank. People filled it in. Names. Drawings. Menu suggestions. Inside jokes. The wall is not decoration. It is a designed invitation to participate.
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what's actually in your cup
Quality is not a claim we make. It is something you can see. The window into the kitchen is open by design — you can watch your drink being made, see the ingredients on the shelf, ask what's in it.
olive oilin the pesto and hummus — proper olive oil, not vegetable blend
imported Biscoffin the milkshake and the brownie — original spread, no palm oil
single-origin coffeefreshly ground, from beans we picked specifically — not whatever the contractor sends
no maida, no reused oilfood students can have every day without feeling like they compromised
jaggery, not refined sugarin the gur latte, the haldi doodh, anywhere it fits
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the menu is partly yours
When we test something new, it goes on the wall as a trial. People come by, try it, give feedback. Items change. Some don't make it. Some become permanent. The cranberry espresso tonic on our menu was suggested by a student. The mocktails were tested in front of the people they were made for. This is not a survey or a suggestion box. It is a conversation that ends with a recipe.
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how this place was built
Createry started as a second-year entrepreneurship assignment. We were asked to run an online coffee shop. Two years later we pitched it to the Student Startup Innovation Policy contest run by the Government of Gujarat — and were awarded a ₹2.5 lakh grant. That funded the equipment, the raw materials, the consultations, and the time to do the research properly. The container opened on 20th March 2026.
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what you can do here
Order ahead, walk over, pick up. Or don't — sit at the wall, draw something, watch your drink being made, talk to whoever's behind the counter. The food is real. The space is yours as much as it's ours. Come for the coffee. Stay for whatever happens next.
made by Keshika Tank, with the help of a lot of people, on a campus we love.
Createry · Anant National University · since March 2026
in progress
what's coming next.
these are the next things we're building. designed, not yet shipped.
v2 · summer 2026
subscriptions
a coffee a day, paid weekly, slightly cheaper. for the people whose name we already know. one decision a week instead of every morning.
my coffee, every weekday
iced latte5 days / week
customisedless sugar
weekly₹540 ₹600
v2 · summer 2026
wallet
load credit once, pay in one tap. no fumbling at the counter, no scanning a QR while three people wait behind you.
balance
₹320
iced latte−₹120
added+₹500
v2 · summer 2026
loyalty, the createry way
not points. a sticker sheet. each order earns one. fill the page and unlock something only regulars can order — a recipe we don't put on the public menu.
your sticker sheet
13 / 20 stickers7 more to fill
next unlocka hidden mocktail
v2 · monsoon 2026
real-time stock
if we're out of cranberry today, you'll know before you walk over. no wasted journeys. no apologies at the counter.
cranberry mocktailsold out today
biscoff milkshake3 left
iced latteavailable
v2 · monsoon 2026
arrival pings
your order's ready. don't hover by the door. we'll tell you. show up when it's actually waiting for you.
CR8-2841 is ready.
come collect when you can — keeping it warm.
why these aren't live yet
these features are designed and being built. they will ship as the café stabilises and the customer base grows past the point where in-person interactions can carry every relationship. the design philosophy stays the same — every feature has to feel like createry, not like a payments app.
tell us
tell us what's working, what isn't, what you wish existed. we read everything.
tell us about something we should make. we test ideas on the wall before they go on the menu — yours could be next.
got it.
someone on the team will read this. the good ones end up on the wall. and sometimes on the menu.