Thank you to the TeaGuy for sending me a generous sample of this! I love chai so much it hurts, so I was excited to see this one. The dry leaf smells heavily of ginger, followed by cinnamon.
I’ve had it hot in the past and it was pretty good although the base went astringent rather easily. With milk, it was a standard chai.
But I’m trying it as an iced latte today (seems to be an iced latte day for me) and it’s great this way. The base isn’t nearly as astringent, and again, I’m picking up on mostly ginger, followed by cinnamon, then clove. I added 2% milk and clover honey, and it all ties together nicely. Better than most chai lattes I have experienced in cafes and restaurants.
Would I buy it? I’m not sure yet, but I’ll gladly finish this off iced latte style in the near future.
Sounds like a decent chai to me. At least it’s not bland. Nothing is worse than a bland chai… except maybe a very sweet one.
Yes, I agree! Like when it ends up being nothing but cinnamon milk. Why!?