Source: missoulian.com

Bipen Patel is all smiles these days after a group of investors have stepped in to market his Tipu’s Tiger Chai Tea globally. MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian

Missoula can no longer boast about having the best and most unique tea in the country because Tipu’s Tiger Chai Tea is on its way to becoming a global sensation.

With substantial investment from a group of deep-pocketed, mostly Whitefish-area investors called the Frontier Angel Fund, Tipu’s Tiger Chai Tea is going into mass production.

No one is more surprised about this turn of events than Bipen Patel, a Missoula restaurateur and creator of the spicy caffeinated beverage that it is native to his family’s homeland in India. Keep Reading..