Dolly Chaiwala had no idea he served tea to Bill Gates: ‘he was just some foreigner’

Bill Gates sipped on tea prepared by Dolly Chaiwala. (Image: thisisbillgates/Instagram)

Dolly Chaiwala had no idea he was meeting the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft when he served tea to Bill Gates. A day after a video of the tea seller serving a cup of kadak chai to Gates went viral on social media, the internet-famous tea seller from Nagpur told news agency ANI that he got to know the name of his famous customer much later.

“I had no idea at all about who he was. I just understood that he is a man from a foreign country and I should serve him tea, which I did,” Dolly Chaiwala told ANI.

“The next day, when I came back to Nagpur, I realised who I served tea to,” he added.

#WATCH | Nagpur (Maharashtra): Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates posted a video, in which he can be seen enjoying Dolly's tea.

Dolly Chaiwala says, "I was not aware at all I thought that he was a guy from a foreign country so I should serve him tea. The next day when I came back… pic.twitter.com/hicI3vY31y

— ANI (@ANI) February 29, 2024

His trip may have created a buzz, but there was at least one person who remained unaware of his fame – Dolly Chaiwala said that he and Gates did not interact at all.

“We did not speak at all, he was standing just beside me and I was busy with my work,” he explained.

But Gates evidently liked the cup of tea he was served. Asked how he reacted after drinking it, the tea seller said: “He said ‘Wow. Dolly ki chai.’”

Gates shared the video of his fleeting interaction with Dolly Chaiwala on Instagram, where it has collected a staggering 60 million views in a little over one day.