Amrutullya & It's Evolution.

Tea became a popular beverage a/er a push from the Bri6sh East India Company. From street-side makeshi/ stalls to piquant brick-and-mortar Irani chai shops, these desi chai tapris have made tea drinking not just a personal but a socialising ac6vity evolving over 6me.

In spite of it's rela6vely budding rise in popularity, tea joints across the country are roman6cised, quite like beer pubs in the West. Part of this cultural heritage is the contribu6on of the many small ins6tu6ons built over genera6ons.

One such example is that of the amru<ulyas,

(amrut meaning nectar and tulya meaning comparable), lesser-known across the country but admired in Pune & Maharashtra. AmruMulyas are crammed shops accommoda6ng a maximum of 10–12 people seated across 3-4 tables and a kaMa in front of the shop. There is a raised wooden plaUorm at the entrance where the owner sits and does his daily prayers, brews tea, stores the peMy cash and runs calcula6ons on a chalk slate. The tea owes it's peculiar taste to the brass vessel it is made in, seasoned with spices ground in a mortar & pestle as per the owner’s quirks and mixed with highly sugared milk thickened by prolonged brewing on the stove.

With a steely aura pitched somewhere between a roadside chai stall and ar6sanal tea lounges, these hygiene-promising minimalis6c tea cafes invoke the wholesome appeal of AmruMulyas which trace their roots to 1880s. Back in the day, when Rajasthan was drought stricken, one Vishwanath Ojha and his wife trek 900 kms towards Pune. There, the couple changed it's surname to Nartekar, bought a small shop, sold bhaang un6l the sale of cannabis was outlawed and soon started selling sweets and chai, giving rise to the first ‘AmruMulya’ in 1924.

If you are living nearby or visited Pune or surrounding region, then you must have tasted it. If not then surely it is the thing you should taste in a life6me. We are sure some of you may not like the taste or you may call it very sweet, but surely it one of most beloved tea flavour across India. And who knows the next 6me you are there, you spot our LiMle Cup of Delight, awai6ng to take you back in 6me;

Yours Truly, Badshahi Teas