chai

In the misty hills of Vagamon, a forgotten tea estate has been transformed into Chai Vagamon—a retreat where travellers, locals, and artists come together. Through shared meals, crafts, and conversations, it invites you to slow down, connect deeply, and rediscover what it means to truly belong while travelling.

Faisal Yousaf turned his love for chai into a full-fledged business. Today, The Chai Wallah serves 50 varieties of tea, coffee, juices and snacks at over 50 outlets across Kerala and Karnataka.

The Taiyebi family started Finjaan Cafe in the Banjara Hills of Hyderabad. Here they provide a traditional Chinese tea ceremony experience. This is how this unique cafe came into existence.

Four years ago, Prafull Billore (20) dropped out of an MBA course in Ahmedabad, and decided to start his own business of selling chai.

Still throwing those leaves away every time you make tea?

If you feel the story of this swadeshi tea brand is intriguing, wait till you see its iconic logo!

“Wash the vegetables under running water and if you have a sensitive stomach, proceed to blanch the leafy vegetables to be doubly sure.”

They source over 1500 kg of tea from about 250+ tea growers in Assam in a year and sell 450+ units of their products in a month!

Now, crush plastic bottles at railway stations to recharge your phone. Pay for a meal with a bag of plastic waste. And fund your schooling by fighting pollution!

“There is nothing very different in terms of the recipe. Like the usual tea, it has the same masala, milk, water, tea leaves and sugar. But, as they say, the magic is in the emotions. And our tea is loaded with love,” says Gulab ji, a man who’s been feeding the hungry for 73 years!