Thread: The best Chai wala

I dont know how many people here have had chai from the typical Indian chai wala ... but Ive had my share of pet chai wala's.

The best chai wala I have ever been to is at Gurdaspur right infront of sadar police station where there is IHM Gurdaspur ( hotel management institute) which has now moved to a new location into a newly built building but the last time I went to Gurdaspur while on my way to Vaishnodevi I met our chaiwala again where I had spent 3 years ... yeh thats where my classes used to be... used to sit inside his stall all day long and hardly ever went inside the institute.

His name is Fauji ( thats what we used to call him) and he makes excellent tea and also serves paranthas and bread pakoras..

I do not have a picture of him or his shop now but I will get one if I get a chance to go there again... in the mean time I have found another chaiwala who makes great tea and he sits on the road side in Dwarka Will get a picture of him and his tiny stall when I go ther next

It would be great to hear about your chai walas if you have one not many people are fond of tea from these small stalls these days and their numbers are going down by the day ... Long live our great Indian chai walas.

Any pictures would be much appreciated.

We can actually have a huge data base of chai walas here and pick the best one and make him a celebrity atleast on this forum

Buddy, these days these chai wallas have also gone hi-tech and come with all sorts of promotional schemes & offers.

Recently chai-walla near office, offered alarm clock to this montly customers for free.
This his name printed on it and he says its for adversiment.

His name is "Shanker Yadav"


I must say, everyone have to innovate inorder to survive

well there r a couple of em in my town .....we call em kitlis....!!!

i dont drink tea but coffees r nice.....!!

One of the most famous n best one is Rambhai ni chai....which is jus outside of IIM-A...u ve the bestest crowd n amazing food like maska-bun (Bun n butter) , Maggie & types of Maggies....!!! Whoever has gone to iim -A definately wud ve had chai or coffee here...!!!! we too love to ve chai n coffees here.....!!! its jus soo much fun interating n than u end up knowing ppl out of jus a mere discussions!!!!

another such place is @ university road called ruturaj.......again chai is supposedly amazing there as per my frens....!!!! thy jus serve bun n butter, bun butter n cheese....n varities....like tht...!!!!

one more place whr i jus love the chai....n its the only time i drink tea is @ nathdwara outside the temple @ 5:30 am or 6 am be4 the temple opens....!!!! the smell of the mint is soo fresh ...i ve neva seen such amazing smell....eva...!!!!!! jus too good!

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

well there r a couple of em in my town .....we call em kitlis....!!!

i dont drink tea but coffees r nice.....!!

One of the most famous n best one is Rambhai ni chai....which is jus outside of IIM-A...u ve the bestest crowd n amazing food like maska-bun (Bun n butter) , Maggie & types of Maggies....!!! Whoever has gone to iim -A definately wud ve had chai or coffee here...!!!! we too love to ve chai n coffees here.....!!! its jus soo much fun interating n than u end up knowing ppl out of jus a mere discussions!!!!

another such place is @ university road called ruturaj.......again chai is supposedly amazing there as per my frens....!!!! thy jus serve bun n butter, bun butter n cheese....n varities....like tht...!!!!

one more place whr i jus love the chai....n its the only time i drink tea is @ nathdwara outside the temple @ 5:30 am or 6 am be4 the temple opens....!!!! the smell of the mint is soo fresh ...i ve neva seen such amazing smell....eva...!!!!!! jus too good!

Hi,
I agree with you ma'm, you are very right. Ruturaj is excellent in Tea and coffee ( also bournvita ). I've heard lot about IIM-A Kitli but never got chance to have test of it. But one of the best best Kitli and chaiwala outside NID Campus, Ahmedabad.

The test of tea there is superb. I just love it. I was working at NID on one project sometime ago, so i got chance.

http://www.indiabroadband.net/food/9...aring-tea.html (My method of preparing tea)

i know a chaai wala from where i get my supply of sutta and chaai during nite shifts, i think manish already know his name Dubey ji
this guy makes wonderful chaai with all the ginger and a perfect pinch of sugar.

all nite long stall where you can get chaai, sutta, matthi, cream roll and some toffee's

Originally Posted by nilact

Hi,
I agree with you ma'm, you are very right. Ruturaj is excellent in Tea and coffee ( also bournvita ). I've heard lot about IIM-A Kitli but never got chance to have test of it. But one of the best best Kitli and chaiwala outside NID Campus, Ahmedabad.

The test of tea there is superb. I just love it. I was working at NID on one project sometime ago, so i got chance.

wow u from my town....didnt kno earlier....!

tht bournvita is cold if i m not wrong.....ve u had a cold coffee @ danny's with bournvita on top of it.....guys try it....its jus yummm....!!!!

outside NID campus i only kno n love to eat is eggs....!!!!!

nyways try rambhai;s chai.......

oh theres one more place whr my dad loves the tea though he jus get a chance to drink tht tea twice thrice a year.....only....is lucky.....n the bun u get there is too good ...fresh n soft!

Nowadays, Chaiwalas are making more money. Their business is really getting in many IT companies. I know one of the Chai wala, his stall name is Virasat Chai wala. He is very famous.

i had bun makkhan aka butter bun with tea from many places and the varying tastes had been truly amazing...

i had from Varanasi, Prayag, Mumbai, Kolkata, Dehradoon, Gorakhpur, Delhi, Bangalore too...

the size and taste different while in south i got more of coffeee than tea and which simply splendid just like north Indian tea...

hot and quick and not bad hygenicaly too..

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

i know a chaai wala from where i get my supply of sutta and chaai during nite shifts, i think manish already know his name Dubey ji
this guy makes wonderful chaai with all the ginger and a perfect pinch of sugar.

Indeed smoothie, he was the best, atleast in that area

adminji namaste

completely agree....the chai of dhabas is pretty good.

i have a dhaba next to my college..... he makes good tea....