Chai Pe Charcha Tea Talks - 50 Glorious Episodes

[TusharSuradkar]

The Chai Pe Charcha - Tea Talks Challenge is a smashing success…!

It was started earlier this year.
The aim was to raise awareness about supporting small and micro local businesses.

Local guides visited tea shops and cafes of all sizes and statures.

They went there with friends and family, other local guides, and sometimes solo.
This post celebrates the 52 episodes.

The banner above has two parts - both entirely created using AI.

The Chai pe Charcha challenge was phenomenal.
Here are the Highlights of the Challenge:

• 24 local guides participated, many of them multiple times.
• Local guides took storefront photos.
• Local guides edited and updated the place.
• Local guides added many small businesses to Google Maps.
• Local guides educated the owners about owning their business on Google Maps.
• The challenge proved to be a big boost to supporting local small businesses.
• It raised awareness among local guides about supporting small businesses.
• The challenge also provided an opportunity for new local guides to connect
• Local guides explored many features of Google Maps that were previously known or less used.

Here is a photo collage of the memories shared by local guides.
And the participants are:

1. Tea Talk by @Tandrima2
2. Support Small Business by @Rakshith_LG
3. Cafe Mangalam by @ShifaAymal
4. Tea Talks in Bengaluru by @Raj_Tayade
5. Chai pe Charcha - on Room by @Rushikesh_joshi

Here are the next 5 participants:

6. SarasBaug Tea Meetup by @MerlinThomas
7. Chai pe Charcha Tea Talks by @NikhilDubey46
8. Hot Cups Tea Stall in Madurai by @MathanVibranarayan
9. Swad Tea House by @Kuldip_Patil
10. Tea Talks at SarasBaug by @Shubhu1

Here are the participants 11 - 15:

11. Chai pe Charcha - Garden Cafe by @Durgak03
12. Tea Man by @Gurukrishnapriya
13. Pune’s First Tea Joint by @AjitThite
14. Tea Time by @Gouri_S_Prakash
15. Chai pe Charcha at Five Rivers by @Gvipin

Participants 16 - 20:

16. Pandey Tea Stall by @Kumaarsantosh
17. Chai Pe Charcha by @Meenakshikgaur
18. The Man Tea by @PrasadVR
19. Small Tea Business by @RaviSharma111
20. Badnam Chai in Varanasi by Ravi Sharma

Participants 21 - 24:

21. Kulhad Cafe in Bengaluru by Mathan Vibranarayan
22. Patel Rajwadi Chai by @giteshsharma
23. Small Tea Stall in Jotana by Gitesh Sharma
24. Small Business Support - Tea Stalls in Jotana by Gitesh Sharma

Here are posts by local guide Mohita @ShreyaMusings from Delhi:

25. Tea Time
26. Deer Park March 2025 by @Ssiddharth2000
27. Impromptu Chai
28. Zaikedar Chai

Here are meetups and posts by @Rahul001

29. Buttons and Brews
30. Tea Point in Trivandrum
31. Tea Clock
32. Corner Cafe
33. Tea Cult - a LGBTQ Friendly Tea Point
34. Chai Kaari in Trivandrum

Here are meetups and posts by @TusharSuradkar

35. SMD Tea Stall in Bengaluru
36. Cafe Good Day
37. Narmadeshwar Tea Stall in Pune
38. Chaha Khari in Pune
39. Painkiller Chaiwala
40. Tea Bar - Tea Talks in Pune

Chai pe Charcha Challenge posts by the top contestant Dr. @K.K.Sharma

41. Tea Stall
42. Supporting Micro Businesses
43. CCT Small Business Support
44. Mashala Chowk
45. Nagori Tea
46. Rajwadi Chai
47. Tea Point
48. Chacha Bhatija in Gangapur
49. Golden Marwari Chai
50. Thakur Sahab Tea
51. Samrat Tea Jaipur

More recent posts:

52. A Memorable Tea Shop in Kollam by @SarathUpendran
53. Chai pe charcha - one topic with one sip by @Rushikesh_joshi
54. Talks over Tea @ Tea Talk by Prasad VR
55. Talk Over Tea Tea Time- Chai Pe Charcha by Prasad VR
56. Chai Pe Charcha at Krishna Udupi by @ShailendraOjha
57. Supporting Small Businesses: Tea Shop by Santosh Kumar

Local guides also created amazing logos to celebrate and participate in the challenge.

Here’s the final tally:

Local Guide	Posts
Dr. K.K. Sharma	11
Rahul	6
Tushar Suradkar	6
Mohita	4
Gitesh Sharma	4
Prasad VR	3
Mathan Vibranarayan	2
Rushikesh Joshi	2
Santosh Kumar	2
Ajit Thite	1
Durga	1
Gouri Prakash	1
GuruKrishnaPriya	1
Vipin Gupta	1
Kuldip Patil	1
Meenakshi Gaur	1
Merlin Thomas	1
Nikhil Dubey	1
Raj Tayade	1
Rakshith	1
Shifa Aymal	1
Shubhangi Patil	1
Tandrima	1
Sarath Upendran	1
Shailendra Ojha	1

All participants will get Local Guide stickers, cards, a keychain, and a mug.
The Top winners will get a Local Guides bottle and a bag.

[SaylliWalve1]

50 posts to the challenge…! that’s amazing, congratulations @TusharSuradkar
Is it too late for me to sneak in a few posts too?
Also, just curious… can I include my solo tea talks as part of the challenge?

[ShailendraOjha]

congrats in Advance who win the Gift hamper @TusharSuradkar Dada

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you @SaylliWalve1
Yes, the challenge is open.

Visit a tea shop solo or with friends - need not be local guides.

Take a photo of the tea shop.
Take a group photo of you and your friends having tea.

If possible, take a photo of you having tea with others and also visibly discussing Google Maps on a mobile phone.

And, if possible, include one of the logos in the photo - I can do it for you

Post it out here with the #ChaiPeCharcha tag
That’s it.

[SaylliWalve1]

Beautifully explained @TusharSuradkar

I’ll soon be adding my stories of tea talks solo and with friends​:hot_beverage:

[giteshsharma]

Congratulations for half century of #ChaiPeCharcha. I’m glad that be a part of it. @TusharSuradkar

[Soykot_azam]

Really amazing & Congratulations to all winners.

[TusharSuradkar]

Congratulations dear @giteshsharma
As the top contributor, I will arrange to send you the bottle and mugs.
Please confirm when you get the cards and stickers by speed post.
I hope the PIN code issue is resolved.
India Post has accepted it.

[Ssiddharth2000]

Congratulations @TusharSuradkar The Chai pe Charcha has really gained momentum, 50 meet-ups is amazing.

[ShreyaMusings]

Wowww this is commendable.. well impromptu chai pe charcha toh I have done more than 15 chai pe charcha bas post karne ka time nahi ho paa Raha. @TusharSuradkar

[giteshsharma]

Yes sir, one of my colleague has received the parcel. I will send you a photo of it in the evening. Thank you for sending the gifts for me. @TusharSuradkar

[Kumaarsantosh]

Wow! what a grand success. Over 50 posts on the subject challenge is a great achievement and congratulations to all of us for achieving this stupendous milestone.

The banner is exceellent @TusharSuradkar.

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you @Soykot_azam
Next time you go for tea, take some photos, update the tea shop in Google Maps.
and post on Connect - inviting you to participate in the challenge.

[TusharSuradkar]

That is superb

And no gifts yet @giteshsharma
Just cards and stickers, and calendars in the parcel.

I will send the mugs and keychains once the address issue is sorted - and it seems it is sorted now

[SarathUpendran]

Congratulations @TusharSuradkar sir for getting 50+ post the challenge.. yours was the first challenge I took part in … …

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you, dear @Kumaarsantosh

The response was unexpected, but everyone enjoyed the challenge thoroughly - we just need an excuse for Tea

[TusharSuradkar]

Wow…! Really?
That is wonderful @SarathUpendran
I will update you when the parcel is dispatched.

[TusharSuradkar]

Thanks for participating, dear @Ssiddharth2000
The highest numbers are from Delhi LGs
Keep doing ‘Charcha over Chai’

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you @ShreyaMusings
and congratulations

You are already the top contributor and participant
Wow…! And if you have more episodes, please upload photos when you get time.

[Rushikesh_joshi]

Woow numbers of participants @TusharSuradkar sir .

I want to add one more post on chai pe charcha😀. I will add today.