Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House

The Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House is a tea house and restaurant owned and operated by Hindustan Unilever Limited that is located in Bandra, West Mumbai, India.[1][2] It opened for business in September 2015.[2] The establishment is 3,500 square feet in size and seats around 80 patrons.[1][3] It is Hindustan Unilever's first tea restaurant business.[1] The establishment was designed by brothers Ayaz Basrai and Zameer Basrai, both from Bandra.[2]

Fare

The Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House is associated with and serves Brooke Bond Taj Mahal and other tea products, totaling over 40 tea varieties.[1] Teas served include milk teas, iced teas, chai teas and lattes, tea lemonades and tea smoothies.[3][4] Teas are served with complementary shortcrust cookies and raisin and oat biscuits.[3]

The foods were developed by French chef Gregory Bazire, with a focus upon complementing the teas.[1] The restaurant has a tea-pairing menu that is always available, and also provides traditional tea service, breakfast, lunch and dinner menus and service.[1][3][4] The tea house also provides tea tasting sessions.[3] Dishes include waffles, Eggs Benedict, idli burgers, akuri, ragi dhokla, chicken dishes, tortellini, sandwiches, soups, salads and various desserts, among others.[3][5]

Customer input

Unilever Pakistan and Lipton Tea collaborate to use input from restaurant patrons for the development of new products and blends of tea for Taj Mahal teas.[1]

Entertainment

The tea house has hosted live music performances,[6] such as a 14-hour concert of Indian classical music that occurred in February 2016.[7] This concert was in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea.[8]

See also
  • List of tea houses

References
  1. "Hindustan Unilever opens Taj Mahal Tea House in Bandra". The Economic Times. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. "The Basrai brothers: Keeping the old architecture of Mumbai alive". Hindustan Times. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. Makhija, Prerna (21 August 2015). "Lounge Reviews". Mint. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. "Unwind at this roomy tea house in Bandra". Mid Day. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  5. "High Tea: India is rediscovering its love affair with chai". Hindustan Times. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. "Ustad Shujaat Khan pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi with a soulful sitar rendition of 'Vaishnav Jana To'". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  7. "14-hour long music concert in Mumbai on 11 February". Radioandmusic.com. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  8. "Channel dedicated to Indian classical music launched". The Times of India. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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