Om Chai

For those who shy away from Chai because of potential overwhelming spices…this might be for you! This is a mellow chai…appropriately named OM Chai, I suppose! A mellowed-out or more peaceful Chai, indeed! I guess more black tea flavor than spices. Pretty good!

This is indeed a mellow chai. Perfect for those who tend to find most chai to be a little heavy on the cinnamon or ginger – this blend is just black tea, cloves and cardamom. It isn’t at all spicy – the spices offer just a hint of a warm background flavor which allows the bold black tea to come into focus.

A really nice change of pace. Not a chai I’d want to drink all the time because I do like spicy chai, but, certainly would like to keep it on hand for when I want something a little milder.

Thank you TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea!

I agree with the previous review that this is a really mellow chai. So mellow in fact that I can’t taste anything other than black tea! Not that that’s a bad thing, but I was really expecting the spiciness of a chai. That’s the only reason I’m giving it a low rating. (As a black tea, it’s decent.)

Now the company, Shanti Tea, I’m very happy with. I took advantage of a SwarmJam deal to buy as many sample tins as I could. The sample tins are very generous, and at $3.45 each they make it very affordable to try out their variety of teas. The shipping was super quick. Depending on what I think of the other teas, I’ll be shopping there again in the future.