Chai Walli

Brewing Heritage Down Under: How Uppma Virdi brings authentic Indian chai to Australia

by Charu Thakur | Mar 25, 2025

(March 25, 2025) In a sunlit Melbourne market, a young woman in a “Chai Walli” apron leans over a steaming kettle, the air thick with the aroma of cardamom and ginger. With practiced ease, she pours milky spiced tea from a metal pot into little cups for an eager...

Uppma Virdi: The 30-year-old Indian-origin lawyer who made Australia fall in love with chai 

by Chandu | Nov 3, 2021

(November 3, 2021) Who would have thought that a cup of tea could propel a 20-something Indian Australian into the country’s big league? But that’s exactly what happened with Uppma Virdi, a Sydney-based lawyer, who shot to fame with her venture Chai Walli. So much so,...