The idea of cutting chai is almost as synonymous to Mumbai as vada pav is. But the glasses they are served in are not the most environmentally friendly material around. What’s worse is that some stalls sell tea in disposable cups, which add to the monumental amount of waste that this city produces. But Ashutosh Mangal Motilal Choudhari has a solution. An engineer by profession, he has come up with a tea cup made of edible material that tastes like a biscuit, which you eat after consuming the beverage inside.

The idea struck him while travelling across Tamil Nadu, where he encountered a similar type of cup. “When I saw it, I thought to myself that there are thousands of chaiwallahs in Mumbai who sell tea in harmful paper cups. So, why not do something about it?” Choudhari tells us.