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So Chai tea is basically tea powder, milk, and some cinnamon?

Good chai is made using loose leaf tea, not powder, and there are more spices than just cinnamon. Also milk isn't required, though most people add it.

I'm not a regular drinker of chai, but I've had Adagio's Masala Chai and it's pretty good from what I remember (been a few years). Right now I have Kusmi Kashmir Tchai and it's excellent. The spices in it are balanced well.

You can actually just buy black tea and spices to make your own chai, if you want. There are plenty of recipes out there... I'm lazy so I haven't gotten around do doing it myself, but they can turn out quite tasty. 🙂
 
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I think cardamom is a popular spice. I'd get whatever from a good brand, and see what you like best. I haven't had one I've disliked yet.
 
lxskllr said:
I think cardamom is a popular spice. I'd get whatever from a good brand, and see what you like best. I haven't had one I've disliked yet.
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Something about Cardamom being the second or third most expensive spice by weight next to saffron.

I would try to avoid any China-grown tea though. Something about factories, shitty environmental regulations, and a plant that likes absorbing toxins.
 
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Something about Cardamom being the second or third most expensive spice by weight next to saffron.

I would try to avoid any China-grown tea though. Something about factories, shitty environmental regulations, and a plant that likes absorbing toxins.
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Depends on the tea. That's probably true of cheap (and maybe not so cheap) tea bags packaged for, and marketed to, foreigners, but not at all, I think, I fair statement about "tea from the PRC" in general...
 
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Tazo Classic Chai, comes in a Tetrapack.

That's pretty close, but on the sweet side.

And no, there's lots more in chai. Cloves, pepper, ginger...
 
Chai tea is actually "tea tea" like carne asada steak is "steak steak."

Wiki: Chai, a word for tea in numerous languages, derived from Mandarin Chinese chá (茶)
 
DaveSimmons said:
Chai tea is actually "tea tea" like carne asada steak is "steak steak."

Wiki: Chai, a word for tea in numerous languages, derived from Mandarin Chinese chá (茶)
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My boss, from Haryana, drinks chai everyday, and to him it's a lipton tea bag steeped in boiling water.
 
DaveSimmons said:
Chai tea is actually "tea tea" like carne asada steak is "steak steak."

Wiki: Chai, a word for tea in numerous languages, derived from Mandarin Chinese chá (茶)
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Since I prefer to pay for my Chai Tea Lattes with cash, I often have to go to the ATM machine and use my PIN number to take out money.
 
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Chai tea is actually "tea tea"
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Moreover, what the OP is actually referring to (even if he didn't realize it) is "masala chai", where "masala" means spices (or rather "a blend of spices", generally), so the the broader translation is just "spiced tea", with no specific spices necessarily being enumerated. There is a common/typical/conventional set of "core spices" used (mentioned already, upthread, and originally with black tea), but the exact spices and specific ratios used are as numerous as the people brewing the stuff...
 
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