Samurai Chai Mate & White Ayurvedic Chai Blend

Not bad for a mate, but wouldn’t buy.

One of my personal favorites. I add lots of sugar to it to bring out the fruitiness in the tea to the level of the spices.

This is my favorite tea. Sometimes I brew it as instructed and other times I will use a loose-leaf mesh teabag and leave it in my mug the whole time. It never seems to get bitter and the later sips bring some powerful spice flavors!

Tried this at Teavana store. Delicious. Following the directives re: temp and steep time, got the same fabulous flavor at home. Drinking this one now. :) Love, love, love!

Although it has caffeine, I find it very relaxing.

I like this flavor mixed with my white ayurvedic white chai. Question though, does anyone know which out of those two flavors have caffeine? Thx!

Really good stuff. Only had it in the store, but it’s meh when hot. It’s awesome when iced & sweetened, though!

Wait, there’s white tea in there? And I couldn’t taste the Mate, either. I’ve posted this before, but I wonder if Teavana is just making an excuse to sell cheap spices and herbs at a very high price, only because they put next-to-nothing amounts of supposedly high quality tea in it. First of all, if the tea quality truly is as high as they say it is, then what a waste of tea! A lower quality white tea would do much better to reduce the price, and the flavor would not be tainted at all, considering that all other ingredients simply overpower the tea flavor. IMO, this is more of a tisane, not a tea.

I’m a HUGE chai fan and this is a great chai mix. It’s spicy and sweet with a huge depth of flavors. It has some citrus notes, peppery hit and a burst a cinnamon. When I first made this tea I brewed for recommended time and found it very weak. Maybe I just like my teas strong but I let the tea brew for a long while and enjoyed it much more. I add a bit a sugar because I think it helps bring out the flavors.

Delicious! I’m surprised at how much I like this tea because I normally don’t like a lot of spices. But this tea blend works! :D

This is my absolute favorite tea but I can’t drink too much of it at a time because the spices irritate my acid reflux something awful. I make it with two tablespoons of Teavana’s rock sugar which I keep in the same can as the tea. The sugar absorbs the flavor of the tea and the tea is sweet and spicy and absolutely delicious by itself or with milk.

This blend is very hit or miss for me. When it’s good, its spicy complexity reaches a balance of perfection but when it’s bad, it can come across overwhelmingly peppery and even on occasion weak. It’s definitely been a finicky brew for me.

EDIT: I think I’ve finally figured the steeping for this and now it’s my go to tea when I need a little motivation to get stuff done. No less than 6 minutes.

Just the aroma of this blend is spectacular! Even more so when its all ready to drink.. Can’t get enough of this. This blend is the favourite at work, could have it all day long and not get tired of the flavour. Really fragrant, really delicious.

This tea is an absolute must for me. I like it with a bit of honey to wake up the flavor. It’s sweet and warm and spicy and citrus-y and it just makes me a little bit happier every time I drink it. This is my go-to comfort tea.

A soft velvety, almost citrus taste with a spice after taste.

I really like this tea, had it as a sample, and I’ve never like chai. This is a good warming tea after a hard day or a good tea for nausea or stomach issues. This is really good w/ raw sugar but even better w/ teavanas rock sugars. Ive always been confused as if this tea contained caffeine or not???

Iced or hot, this blend is possibly the most perfect chai you will ever have.

It is very citrusy, but is also overcome with spices galore with combined white tea and mate that gives it its very distinct delicious taste.

It is a blend you can drink all the time and not get tired of.

I bought this after sampling it in the store. I agree with the other reviewers who found that they could not get the same flavor brewing it at home. When I brew it, it is a fairly watery chai that tastes most strongly of cloves. I think the secret must be large quantities of tea with a hefty dose of sweetener to bring out the other flavors. It’s not terrible, but it’s not the best chai I’ve had. I prefer Tao of Tea’s Mate Chai – it has a more robust and complex flavor, and costs almost a dollar less per ounce.

Tried this at the Teavana store today and loved it. Picked up a couple ounces of each tea to take home and sample. Really enjoying it.

Great blend perfect way to cut the Samauri’s power down a bit. Yum!

This is one of my favorite chai blends. I like to brew it strong; for me, at least, that brings the pepper notes out more. I’ll drink this tea iced or hot, but I prefer it hot. Lately I’ve been adding a touch of honey to it, but I also think that it’s delicious on its own.