Today’s Chai Diaries entry comes from reader Fiona Caulfield, founder of Love Travel Guides. Fiona’s criteria for what makes it into her guidebooks is simple: “Does this entry help you fall in love with this destination ? If yes, then it is in; if no then, it is out.”
Fiona’s favorite chai can be found in Jaipur, Rajasthan’s Pink City, famous for jewels, leather, and now chai wallahs!
Sahu Chaiwalla
365 Chaura Rasta (adjacent to the Shah Bldg). Daily 5 am – midnight.
The search for the best chai took some doing, but early one morning I found this small stall, which has been run by the same family for over 40 years. Their chai secret is the slow cooking of the milk on a coal stove and a cup costs a mere R10. Many regulars spend double the cost of the chai to travel here to have their morning cuppa. Stand on the street near the stove or step down into the café, which has a few tables.
Birds in flight, Jaipur, 2011
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Brilliant posts! It brings back memories of my law school days when i used to disappear to nearby states to do odd jobs as a farm hand, chaiwallah, bangle sales man! They were the days. My chaiwallah’s job started at 5AM and finished at 11 PM. One advantage of working in Chaishop was food was free. There were no breaks though as the chaishop was in a busy temple town in Karnataka.