029 Time out for tea

Candace and Tanorria are joined by tea sommelier and enthusiast, Ruchi Shah. Ruchi shares about the origins of tea and how her tea business Chai High Tea is in high demand. Take a sip and listen in!

Ruchi is a full-time speech-language pathologist at a local hospital in Indianapolis, IN. She is also a certified tea sommelier and the founder and face of Chai High Tea, a small South Asian women-owned business centered around sharing chai traditions from around the world including family recipes. Ruchi has a special interest in decolonizing tea through education and loves learning about history through a culinary lens. Ruchi started this brand in 2019 with her mother, Manjari, who works full-time in an elementary school. They currently have several chai-related products available on Etsy nationwide and provide a variety of local offerings from ticketed afternoon chai experiences to at-home private and virtual brewing classes. They are best known for their floral chai spice blend, “Ruchi’s chai masala” which is inspired by their family masala chai recipe.