Bristol isn't lacking places to find a good cuppa, but there's one place – well, not a place exactly – that you'll be hard pushed to beat.
Steve Baker is better known as Bristol chai wallah, Bristol Chai-Guy. He decided to throw in the towel at his engineering job while honeymooning across Italy, Nepal and India a few years ago after discovering a love of tea that goes way beyond the usual fondness for PG Tips.
'It played such a big part in our travels, from freshly steamed momos to piping-hot chai in a Himalayan tea hut,' says Steve. 'We drank chai everywhere – cities, beaches, mountains and especially on the trains. We were just addicted to it.'
He quickly realised that there's much more to life than slogging away at something you don't enjoy, so with a lot of practice and dedication his business – and his closely guarded chai recipe – was born.
It took Steve months to find the perfect whole spice blend but if the response from the people of Bristol is anything to go by, it's been a huge success. Now he knows his stuff, finding his lovingly refurbished rickshaw is a real treat.
Where can you find the Bristol Chai-Guy, then?
He's most likely to be found at the Bristol Harbourside Market, Tobacco Factory and the Temple Quay Market. But the best way to guarantee yourself one of his satisfying cuppas is to follow him on Twitter, where he posts daily updates about the tricycle's whereabouts.
All of this chai business has left him with a burning desire to get back to India, but after making himself available for weddings and becoming a member of the award-winning street-food collective Bristol Eats that might have to wait a while.
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