The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event started in 2007 and run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In Season 3 of the DO podcasts, entitled 'Dot Dot Dot', Gav Thompson chats to old DO Lectures speakers about how their story has changed or grown and evolved since they gave their original DO Lecture.

In the fourth episode of 'Dot Dot Dot' Gav talks to Kasim Ali. Kasim used to be a pharmacist. And then one day he decided to take over a recently closed community butcher's shop and turn it into a Teahouse. And within a year, this teahouse had won the award for being the best cafe in the UK.

Not long after, Kasim set up Waterloo Tea. They now have 5 teahouses in the UK and are wholesalers for some of the best tea in the world. Kasim chats to Gav about his philosophy, which is tea-centred and focuses on being tailored, individual and exceptional.

He has an amazing story about running a business being humble, clear and local.

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Learn more about Waterloo Tea at www.waterlootea.com