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Damn you, CW..
Extract from blog: "Masala Chai - Exact. This tasted exactly like a warm cup of chai tea. I got a bit of cream, nutmeg, chai spices. Simply spot on."
Do you have any idea what this means to the Indian in me?! You got it.. I HAVE to order some in, and it's all your fault!
CW, chai is the Indian word for tea, so saying chai tea is saying tea tea. Masala chai means spiced tea, which most people mean when they just refer to it as chai. No matter what anyone calls it though; spiced tea, spiced chai, masala chai, or just chai for short, the result is absolutely delicious. I love all types of tea, but most often go for a spiced chai.
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LOL - it is yum, but not my yum in this particular case. It was one of the first I ever ordered from them.
LOL - it is yum, but not my yum in this particular case. It was one of the first I ever ordered from them.
It's all good. I am just loving the meat and potatoes of this thread--the parts of it that I've read so many around the forum balk at. Much of this thread was the impetus for the thread I started today: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...409871-sound-off-taste-purely-subjective.html Of course GT quickly got it started, and there was some awesome posts there that followed. Love a good conversation.
Indian chai is often made with the black tea steeped in the boiling water and milk. Thai tea, milk or condensed milk, is added after the black tea is made, and is often served over ice. Either version can be spiced, Indian chai almost always is.
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Have you had the Chai Latte yet? Very close to a creamy spiced chai that you get at coffee and tea houses. Spiced tea is good, but a creamy chai is what I love.
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Agreed. Thai chai to me has a bit more nutmeg and other spices. With some indian chai I've had, I get a bit of plain yogurt flavor in the base.
Also, apparently, Thai Chai uses a black leaf as a base with star anise powder. Learn something new every day
I didnt realize that... most of the restaurants I have had Chai at listed it as Chai Tea.
And I agree - spiced Chai is very tasty
Agreed. Thai chai to me has a bit more nutmeg and other spices. With some indian chai I've had, I get a bit of plain yogurt flavor in the base.
Also, apparently, Thai Chai uses a black leaf as a base with star anise powder. Learn something new every day
I know I do, or at least I hope to.
I didnt realize that... most of the restaurants I have had Chai at listed it as Chai Tea.
And I agree - spiced Chai is very tasty
Tis true. And they just look at you funny if you order it as tea tea or chai chai lol. It would be more accurate if they listed it as masala chai, spiced chai, or spiced tea; but since chai has become synomymous with the spiced version it's often sold as chai, or tea is added at the end which is redundant, but common. A place I order from sometimes offers "spiced" or "vanilla" when ordering chai. The vanilla is still the spiced version, but with vanilla added. Next time I'll say I want the spiced vanilla and see what happens lol.
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See, now this has helped me in a practical way! To be honest, I really had no idea about this stuff and never really knew what in the devil I was ordering. I see "Chai" and I am thinking tea tea.
I can tell you this much about masala chai. There is nothing better to be had after a long train ride in India, standing outside a railway station sipping piping hot masala chai out of an earthenware pot!
Sadly, the earthenware pots are not used as much these days. Chai is usually served in a very thick glass at most establishments, and you can also order "cutting" chai, which is about 1/2 a glass.
Spices used are generally cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and occasionally star-anise.
Typical Indian "chai" stall outside railway stations:
Glasses used:
Found one with the earthenware pot. These are discarded when done.
Sadly, the earthenware pots are not used as much these days. Chai is usually served in a very thick glass at most establishments, and you can also order "cutting" chai, which is about 1/2 a glass.
Spices used are generally cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and occasionally star-anise.
Typical Indian "chai" stall outside railway stations:
Glasses used:
Found one with the earthenware pot. These are discarded when done.
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Nom nom nom.
Speaking of tea, and to bring the thread's topic into play, I wonder how well a NET flavored with a NETea would turn out. Black tea and tobacco, green tea and tobacco, spiced chai and tobacco. Earl Grey Virginia. Turkish Oolong. Lapsang Latakia. English Breakfast Burley. Hmmmmm.
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Speaking of tea, and to bring the thread's topic into play, I wonder how well a NET flavored with a NETea would turn out. Black tea and tobacco, green tea and tobacco, spiced chai and tobacco. Earl Grey Virginia. Turkish Oolong. Lapsang Latakia. English Breakfast Burley. Hmmmmm.
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Andrea made me a Chai/Tobacco called, well, I' rather not say, but I had her make it late last summer if I remember correctly. It was promising, but something about TPR juices did not settle well with me tummy and it was hard for me to vape, not flavor wise necessarily, but physically. I gifted it to someone, but I have no idea whom. I think it may have been anavidfan.
Anyway, my point is I think this could work and be really good depending on who makes it.
I can see it being amazing if done right. Tea leaves and tobacco leaves can share certain notes, and I would think could have a lot of complimentary flavors. I wonder if steeping tea leaves with the tobacco leaves during maceration would be an option.
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Thanks Jerms - I'll put that one in my next order. The ratio I'm looking for would be where the creaminess and the spices don't outdo each other. To me the Thai chai definitely has a spiciness over and above any cream/vanilla notes. And of course being a Brit, we don't need to get me started on the discussions as to whether tea tastes different and/or better if the milk goes in before or afterwards (before) because it does or does not taste better (it does)
Thanks Jerms - I'll put that one in my next order. The ratio I'm looking for would be where the creaminess and the spices don't outdo each other. To me the Thai chai definitely has a spiciness over and above any cream/vanilla notes. And of course being a Brit, we don't need to get me started on the discussions as to whether tea tastes different and/or better if the milk goes in before or afterwards (before) because it does or does not taste better (it does)
I did wish for the Chai Latte there was just a tad more creaminess. It was perfect, but a little bit more would have made it perfecter. I'm going to request it to be more milky next time. It doesn't change a whole lot with age, but it did seem to get creamier which was a good thing.
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