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There is nothing like a cup of tea to refresh one’s spirit and India is definitely a nation of tea drinkers. We look at four women merchants who have made their names in the tea space, creating unique flavors to our daily tea.
Mayura Rao
While she was in London in 2016. Mayura was longing to run a business when working at a global advisory firm. She came upon the idea of tea and story-telling. She realized most people knew about some tea such as English Breakfast and Earl Grey but were unaware of good tea and its story. To make tea drinking cool again, she decided to start up in this space. She quit her job, packed her bags and moved to Bengaluru from London and started Ausurm Tea.
Snigdha manchanda
Snigdha Manchanda founded the Goa-based Tea Trunk in 2013. As a tea sommelier (品茶师), she attended professional schools of tea in Sri Lanka and also was trained under a Japanese tea master. Her aim was to provide people with good quality tea and she is doing that with tea trunk, She sources a variety of tea from farmers to create unique and natural tea without any artificial flavors.
Prerna Kumar
Prerna Kumar, was for the first time, out of her job and in bed with a broken foot when everyone kept cheering her up about how they were waiting for her to bounce back so she could enjoy her tea. In her networks and circles, she has always been known for her tea making skills. She started Chaiveda in 2017?
Anamika Singh
Anamika Singh grew up in a tea manufacturing family and learnt about tea from her father. With a desire to introduce tasty tea to people at an affordable price, Anamika started Anandini Himalaya Tea Room in 2013 in Delhi for people to sarnple, learn and talk about tea under one roof.
21.What do we know about Mayura Rao?
A.She cornbined tea with its story.
B.She started Ausum Tea in London.
C.She grew up in a family of tea merchants.
D.She was unaware of the flavor of Earl Grey.
22.Who was educated by a tea expert?
A.Mayura Rao. B.Snigdha Manchanda.
C.Prerna Kumar. D.Anamika Singh.
23.What’s the purpose of the text?
A.To advertise some Indian tea.
B.To attract more women to do tea business.
C.To introduce several businesswomen in Indian tea industry.
D.To show four unique stories of tea development in England.
