Is This Chai? America's 'Chai Tea Latte”

I found an Indian-inspired drink called Chai Tea Latte in America. Was it anything like authentic chai (चाय)in India? I found out!

Basic chai recipe:

Ingredients
1 mug of whole milk (or, ideally, buffalo milk)
2 tsp sugar
1.5 tsp black tea (Tata Tea Gold for an Indian flavour or Tapal Danedar for a Pakistani flavour)
2 or 3 crushed green cardamon pods (grind 'em into a powder for max flavour)

Recipe
1. Add all ingredients to a pot and slowly bring to a boil. Steep it 3-4 times. The colour should be a rich brown.
2. Strain into your mug.
Pro-tip: Pour from a height to get those creamy air bubbles on top.

Chai is a type of tea that originated in India. It typically consists of black tea brewed with a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs, such as cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger, and black pepper. Chai is often prepared with milk and sweetened with sugar or honey, giving it a rich, creamy, and flavourful profile. It can be served hot or cold and is popular not only in India but also in many other parts of the world, often enjoyed as a soothing and comforting beverage.

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[ayushkhaitan]

As an Indian we accept this man as our own

[KarlRock]

I know some folks chuckle when they hear "Chai Tea, " "Chutney Sauce, " and "Naan Bread." But hey, it's cool because it helps people from other countries learn Hindi words! It's popularising the words.

[KarlRock]

Easy-peasy chai recipe:

Ingredients
1 mug of whole milk (or, ideally, buffalo milk)
2 tsp sugar
1.5 tsp black tea (Tata Tea Gold for an Indian flavour or Tapal Danedar for a Pakistani flavour)
2 or 3 crushed green cardamon pods (grind 'em into a powder for max flavour)

Recipe
1. Add all ingredients to a pot and slowly bring to a boil. Steep it 3-4 times. The colour should be a rich brown.
2. Strain into your mug.

[KarlRock]

Are you the chaiwala at home? I am. I find brewing it therapeutic. Plus it feels good to serve others.

[blanco]

Usa: who Tf drinks Tea.
Uk & IN : we do 🤝

[KarlRock]

What's your chai making tip? Mine, pour from a height to get those creamy air bubbles on top.

[SharaKennedy]

Right!!! A lot of american coffee shops make this mistake. Ive only had real chai in indian restaurants or make it myself. Nice try famous coffee shop!

[AkademicsPlus]

They can copy the chai looks but can never copy the real taste. ❤

True Chai lover❤ ✨

[striker]

Bro is becoming more and more fluent in Hindi by every passing day.

[SkeletonSyskey]

I think places like Starbucks just use the word "Chai" to make it sound exotic & therefore charge a shed load of money.

[Wubsy]

What's next, 'coffee coffee' with room for 'cream cream'?

[KonkanFishing]

When I lived in the States I didn't like the tea there. However, it was a very different story with the coffee. Loved it... Never had coffee as good as in the States anywhere else in the world. Besides, I like drip coffee just black or with half and half and can't get that in most places outside the States, unless you make your own.

[sarahs]

"I found a drink in the US called chai tea" is flipping hilarious as an American because it's literally everywhere 😂 No disrespect at all! But it sounds as funny as "I found a drink in the US called coffee."

I do love that you call it out as a syrup! Although there are some small, non-commercialized coffee shops that do brew their own. It's a shame because you do have to ask.

[wasanthamorawaka]

Best Tea in the world you drink in Sri Lanka ( Ex Ceylon) in Nuwaraeliya mountains. Fine Ceylon Tea is coming from hill area of Nuwaraeliya where the misty and cold mountains are covered with tea plantations.

[christopheralexander]

Need to show this to the wife asap! She’ll be in for a shock haha! Thanks for the recipe! Sounds like a challenge though getting Indian and Pakistani tea in the UK 🤔
Would these be available in Asian supermarkets UK people?

[d-chudasama]

Even coffee taste different in India because they brew it and taste amazing, compared to the west, they say that it's burnt if it's beyond a certain temperature but I like the Indian way

[OoRo]

scrolling to see a white man speaking my language was a wonderful shock today. you are one of our own 😭❤

[MadDogAdventures]

In Australia it is a powder. Like 3 in 1 coffee. With tea, milk n sugar in 1 packet

[leaw]

Where I live they make a chai latte that I thought it was spectacular and then I travelled and when I returned, I try it and it tastes like milk with cinnamon and lots of sugar, I’ve never been so disappointed in my entire life! 😢

[yuufie]

Its hard finding an authentic indian man who makes chai in city 😊