Jobless grad turns love for tea into a mobile business

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Kavievanan Subramaniam is an engineer who goes by the name Tea Thambi and peddles his spicy potion to customers on his trusty bicycle. FMTNews FMTLifestyle

Kavie or Tea Thambi is a familiar sight in Brickfields, peddling his secret concoction of masala tea to an ever-growing number of customers.

“Honestly, I was never really interested in engineering. I had always dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur,” he says, adding that he wanted to start his own business after sitting for his SPM examinations.Kavie turned his unemployment into an opportunity to start his own tea business. He explains his initial apprehension about breaking this news to his parents, thinking they would insist he continue hunting for a job in engineering instead.

And he was right. Over time, apprehension turned to curiosity and people began inquiring about his product. One sip and they were hooked.

 

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