Taste of India - Organic Masala Chai Sample Sachet

Organic black tea with cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, liquorice root and black peppercorns, hand blended in Margaret River. This is a proper masala chai with whole spices rather than a powder, so it has caffeine and it has heat from the pepper.

Chai is the blend people are most likely to already have a strong opinion about, usually formed at a cafe. Four serves is enough to make it the quick way once and the traditional way once, and those two cups are different enough that trying both is the point.

Quick method, a teaspoon in freshly boiled water for three to four minutes, milk optional. Traditional method, one part water to one part milk in a saucepan, heat the tea and spices in the water, bring up, add milk, simmer about five minutes, then strain. The stovetop version is where the pepper and cardamom actually arrive.

$3.50 for the sachet, $18.00 for the 100g pouch. Masala Chai in full size, and the caffeine free chai is in the chai collection alongside it.