I am not a big chai fan because I don’t really like black pepper or hot spices in my tea, even if it is just lots of ginger. I don’t mind a little ginger, and I didn’t mind pink peppercorns, but the things most people love about chai don’t appeal to me.
I was happy to see that this was a fairly tame chai. I tasted it before breakfast because they recommend adding milk and I usually drink my tea sans additions. I found it palatable without milk and having food with it would take any edge off. I made my oatmeal to match the tea, adding Penzey’s cinnamon sugar and cardamom.
With the food, it was quite serviceable. Once the food was gone, I found it more brisk than I cared to drink on its own. Fortunately, there was only a sip or two left at that point.
For “tame” sort of chai, I would prefer Stash Holiday Chai over this one, as it has just a tiny bit more zip and makes a great tea pop syrup.
It was fun to try a new to me tea, though!
