Chai Point Looks To List In May 2026

New Delhi: Chai Point, the popular tea cafe chain that sells close to a million cups of high-quality, freshly brewed tea every day, is looking to go public and list on stock exchange by mid-2026, its co-founder Tarun Khanna said. Chai Point made a special mark during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, selling one lakh cups of tea a day at the peak from its limited-edition outlets. Conceived in 2009 when Khanna, a professor in Harvard University, was sipping a hot cup of tea at a cafe in Mumbai with his student Amuleek Singh Bijral. “On the roadside, there was a young boy selling tea in plastic cups to customers. Such ‘chotus’, as they are called, serve tea to millions in not-so-good plastic cups and not in the most hygienic conditions. A thought occurred as to why can’t we bring authentic, flavourful, and high-quality tea to the masses in the most hygenic ways at an affordable price and at the same time also provide employment to the chotus,” he said.