Cherise launches IoT-enabled Tea vending kiosks
Indian startup Cherise India, a venture set up by Parimal Shah, a 3rd Generation Tea Sommelier from a family of Tea farmers, has forayed into Smart Vending by launching a range of smart, IoT and Android-based vending machines. It has a wide portfolio of teas, coffees, soups and milk, under their popular Cherise brand. The supremely user-friendly smart vending kiosks of Cherise come with their own proprietary Cherise IoT dashboard and app for monitoring the operations.
Unlike other vending operators, Cherise provides its customers with access to the IoT vending platform that gives real-time data on consumer consumption patterns, inventory and billing, all at the click of a button. The Cherise vending machines dispense homemade-style teas, coffees, milk and soups in a jiffy.
Speaking on this new launch, Parimal Shah, founder and chief executive officer, Cherise India, said, "Consumers today are aware of global trends and well connected on social media platforms. Due to such exposure, their expectations have increased phenomenally when it comes to health and hygiene. They expect that their product is made using natural ingredients and they expect honest quality first and foremost. This is exactly what Cherise delivers. Our vending technology is fully proprietary and owned by us; we have our laboratories where we do extensive research on vending technology and beverage ingredients. We manufacture our smart vending machines as well as our beverages and formulations at our own plants. We do not have any 3rd party or OEM partners and we do not do any form of private labeling for anyone". We manufacture and market our own brands."
Cherise is associated with the MK Jokai group of companies, Parimal's family business, and his father, Kalpesh M Shah. MK Jokai is today one of the largest Premium Assam Orthodox Teas farmers in the World and owns thousands of acres of Tea Plantations in Assam and West Bengal.
Cherise has formulated and launched a wide range of premium beverages in the tea, coffee, milk and soups category along with their Smart vending machines. These beverages are all vented through their smart vending machines, making this into an ideal printer-cartridge model. Beverages such as Mumbai Masala Chai, Delhi Adhrak Chai, Calcutta Elaichi Chai, Nagpuri Nimbu Chai, Bikaneri Elaichi Doodh, Gujrati Haldi Doodh, Madras Coffee and many more have been created by the food scientists at Cherise and are now available via the Cherise Smart Vending Eco-System and also via marketplaces like Amazon among others.
"Since we come from a family of farmers and are tea specialists ourselves, we understand the science behind ingredients. We can control and influence the supply and the quality of ingredients and this allows us to create superior tasting, 100% natural formulations and blends. Our teas and coffees taste as good as the hand-made Chai or Coffee and our vending eco-system allows us to reach the end consumer's cup daily," Shah added.
