There is an endless number of places where this sort of chai is a must. Most of them are either shacks attached to an office building, waiting for their rush of daily customers or are housed in ancient (but beautiful) colonial structures, with high beamed ceilings and ceiling fans that move too slowly to do away with Mumbai heat.
They are mostly very unglamorous, but definitely where you can get the good stuff—complete with fresh baked goods, or a brun maska (a sweet milk bun, with a sinful amount of butter). For the adventurous, there is ‘cutting chai’—which quite literally translates to a cup of chai cut in half. These are concentrated, little glasses—the size of doppio, where the tea that has been steeped in milk until there is no more steeping left to do.
Here is a list of the best places to head to to get your fix of chai in Mumbai.