New Royal Tea

You can find us over on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Tilak Nagar. The address is 9/41/77, but most people just look for the sign near the corner. It’s a busy part of town. There’s always cars honking and people walking by. We’ve been running this tea shop for a good while now. It’s a simple setup with some benches. The walls have some old posters on them, and the ceiling fan wobbles a bit when it’s on high. We get all kinds of people here. Students, office workers, and even some of the older folks who just want to sit and talk about the news. The tea is made fresh throughout the day. We go through a lot of milk and ginger. Sometimes the supply run takes longer because of the traffic on MG Road. That’s just city life for you. We don't have a website or anything like that. Word of mouth is how people find us. We open up in the morning and stay until the evening rush is over. It’s a lot of standing on your feet. My hands are usually stained from the tea leaves by the end of the shift. We aren't doing anything revolutionary here. Just serving tea to whoever is thirsty. It’s a decent living and we get to meet a lot of interesting people. We just keep things moving and hope the stove behaves. Some days are long, but we just keep the kettle going.