Meet Uppma Virdi Australia's Most Loved Tea-Seller

Born into a Punjabi family, Uppma Virdi comes across as a girl next door.

- Sudipto Zephyr Ghosh

Talk to her for five minutes and then you realize how special this girl is after all. The 26-year old Indian Australian was recently in the news for acquiring the title of the “Business Woman of the Year” at the India Australia Business & Community Awards. Her area of expertise – she runs a tea-making venture “Chai Wali”, home of Australia’s most loved award-winning tea. Her tea ‘stall’ offers at least 11 different tea varieties to its customers. But what prompted Uppma to start a tea stall after all, especially when she is a qualified lawyer.