Twenty-six-year-old Uppma Virdi, an Indian hailing from Punjab and settled in Australia received the ‘Businesswoman of the Year Award’ at the India Australia Business Community Awards held in Sydney. Virdi, a lawyer by profession, is the founder of the start-up ‘Chai Walli’, which sells tea blended with different flavours. She also holds ‘Art of Chai’ workshops in Australia. In a setting like that, an entrepreneur
like Uppma Virdi has a tough job to accomplish. The businesswoman who uses the moniker Chai Walli isn’t a full-time restaurateur or cafe owner yet, but runs an online business with occasional pop-ups and workshops. She is, in fact, a lawyer working for a firm in Melbourne. Her immense love for chai stems from the life of her grandfather, who was an Ayurvedic doctor. She took to making tea for the family, and then realised that she has a talent for making a perfect blend.
Virdi, whose family hails from Chandigarh, makes chai just like most of us Indians do–with love and respect for the ingredients, and with the intention of bonding with family and friends over a cuppa.
“Interest in tea is growing in Australia as more and more people are seeking alternatives to coffee. It was coincidentally the right time for me,” she was quoted as saying after the event. “My real aim is to educate the Australian society about the Indian culture through tea,” she added.
And we’re quite glad that Uppma Virdi has taken up such a mission in life, and hope this Businesswoman of the Year soon opens a chai cafe or restaurant in Australia
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