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Sweet Chai from Yogi Tea

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Sweet Chai

Chai Tea by Yogi Tea

Aromatic, sweet and spicy, this delicious caffeine free Chai blend combines the sweetness of anise, liquorice and fennel with the distinctive, earthy spice of cinnamon, ginger and cloves. This tea is dedicated to peace and understanding between the people of the earth and the different ways of life that they follow. Through each cup of tea may the spirit of tolerance and mutual respect grow within us all. May we remember that we are not born to judge each other, but to know and understand each other.

4 Tasting Notes

malomorgen
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malomorgen 2 tasting notes

I’ve been badly wanting some tea since this morning when i went to work. Result of a tea drinking weekend.

Color bright yellow, not very clear.

Smells a lot like coriander to me, very strong. Idk if it even has it in. Let me see… Oh no it was anise. Ouzo smell lol. Btw ingredients are: Anise, fennel, liquorice, cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.

OK lets give it a try…
I don’t fancy this sweet part of Yogi’s Sweet teas (like the sweet chilly one) – the kind of sweetness that really kicks in in the back of my throat (that could be liquorice right?). But this one is more drinkable than the chilly one. Its quite strong. Well spicy would be the word. Very sweet, very peppery, strong anise scent. That pretty much kills the rest of chai ingredients.
It really isn’t bad tho. There is something interesting about it. Strong pepper and anis make a good combo.

Teabag message (trying to Google translate the German): satisfaction and self-mastery are our greatest gifts.

EDIT bit later
Honestly it’s so peppery that it cleared up my sinuses and lungs :D makes it hard to drink it fast…
Sip of milk first made it worse but with a teaspoon of sugar its not that bad. Easier to drink…

I must say I’m almost never in the mood to drink this one or Sweet Chilly. No they arent that bad it’s just that they are really strong and weird. And i dont like licorice. I imagine i’d wanna drink them while eatind a rice meal or something like that. Right now im havin some plain butter cookies with it and it’s rather good together. I’d say this is a tea that goes way better with food. Gotta find some word for that kind of tea. Foodside tea? Nom and Drink Tea? idk…

Anyways i got less water so i steeped it bit shorter. It’s still very spiced and peppery. But with cookies it goes along well. Leaves my mouth hot and sweetish afterwards…
So its peppery from ginger, sweet from licorice and weirdly spicy from everything else. Interesting would be the right word…

Teabag message: Jedes Lächeln ist ein direkter Erfolg.
(goes to google translate)
Each smile is a direct success. (lol that sounds so German)

Btw i’m saving/collecting all these teabag messages ;)

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CaraTobe
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CaraTobe 2 tasting notes

Was looking for a nice chai last winter and tried this.

At first I was like ___ but then I was like :D

Not the biggest fan of licorice or anise, but grew to like it. Definitely warms me up.

Decided to make a soy chai tea latte with this!

I took a mystery spice/chai tea and a bag of the Sweet Chai and put them in a pot with about two mugs worth of water, heated it up, added half a cinnamon stick. I let it simmer for about 8 minutes before adding a fair share of soy milk.
I then added about a teaspoon of organic acacia honey from the market and stirred it all up!

It was really nice. Warm, sweet, spicy, flavorful. Exactly what I wanted.

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