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Red Chai Masala from Organic India

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74/100

Red Chai Masala

Herbal Rooibos Blend by Organic India

If you like chai, you’ll love our naturally caffeine-free Red Chai. Instead of classic black tea, we use rooibos, an aromatic tea leaf from South Africa to make red tea, then blend it with stress-relieving Tulsi and classic chai tea spices like cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, roasted chicory, and nutmeg. Rooibos’ flavor is strong, and we balance it expertly with our other ingredients to give you something completely unique-and incredibly healthy. A few sips of this rich, delicious tea and you’ll fall in love with its distinctive sweet-yet-spicy, full-bodied, nutty taste. Drink on its own (delicious!) or go traditional and add milk and sweetener for a rich, creamy taste.

Rooibos is sweeping the West-and it won’t be long until you hear orders for “red espresso,” as in South Africa. This healthy herb has low tannin levels compared to fully oxidized black tea or unoxidized green tea and is packed with antioxidants, which can cancel out the cell-damaging effects of free radicals. The combination of these benefits with the antioxidants in Tulsi and the organic chai spices gives your body a dose of adaptogenic power and a digestive boost.

3 Tasting Notes

Amy oh
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Amy oh 3 tasting notes

I keep trying to find a tulsi tea that I really love so I keep buying up stuff from Organic India. They have a few blends with hibiscus but I think I can skip those…

I used two tea bags for a rather jumbo mug of tea. I’ve had a few rooibos chais I liked but this is a bit weak on flavor, imo plus the herby-minty flavor of the tulsi is coming right through. I was hoping the spices would disguise it a bit. I guess I don’t really love the taste of tulsi. I am not sure what this needs, perhaps some sweetener would help? I will also try using a smaller cup with two teabags.

Definitely did not love the flavor of this but tulsi always makes me feel good. :)

Perhaps I need to skip the tulsi tea and go straight for some herbal supplements…

Some days I seem more sensitive to caffeine than others. Okay, I’ve had 6 cups of tea today already but some of them were re-steeps. :-P

Anyway it’s time to go for something herbal for a while. I’ve gotten a bit enamored of tulsi lately but this is really not the best blend. It doesn’t taste too chai like to me, more like a mix of straight rooibos and tulsi. It’s a little bit better with some soymilk but not my favorite from this company, oh well. I’m drinking it anyway!

Backlog – we had this tea last night before bed and I enjoyed it much more than I remember so I decided to bump up the score a bit. I recommend a touch of sweetener to make this a bit more palatable.

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