Now Harvard alumnus is a Chaiwala

Café-isation of chai has began, as Chai Point, started in 2010 by Harvard alumnus Amuleek Singh Bijral in Bengaluru in India was the first of these Chai startups (Tea) with over a hundred outlets pan-India and serves over 100, 000 cups every day. Chaayos has grown from 7 cafes in 2015, to 40cafes in Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh after it received $5 million funding from Tiger Global.

Amuleek Singh served as Head of India operations for RSA Security, founded Mountain Trail Food Pvt Ltd in 2008, Worked in EMC-Singapore, ,Microsoft and Tata Consultancy Services before

In Delhi, Ragahv Verma was studying engineering at IIT portals in Delhi, Sassi was the only go-to place for chai with parathas fuelling long hours of study. Now, five years on, he founded Chaayos, one of India’s most successful and rapidly growing tea startups. Sassi watched several entrepreneurs busy brewing India’s favourite hot beverage drink chai for millions around the country.

Tea is just not being brewed as there is a cup for every palate, but boiled with ginger, cardamom (elaichi), inventive Mithai brews made with condensed milk (hot chocolate of Tea) sipped at home or unorganised chaiwallahs in corner shops, offices, markets and trendy cafes,