Gingerbread Chai

by 52teas

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Tea type: Black Chai Blend
Ingredients: Assam Tea, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Ginger, Indian Black Tea, Natural Flavours, Red Peppercorn
Flavors: Cinnamon, Ginger, Peppercorn, Spices, Tannin, Cardamom
Sold in: Loose Leaf
Caffeine: High
Certification: Organic, Vegan
: Edit tea info Last updated by Southern Boy Teas

Average preparation

Boiling 4 min, 45 sec 10 oz / 284 ml

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“Backlog: Last night, I finished off what little I had of this blend – I found it hiding in my stash … I had thought it was gone before this! I prepared it strong and served it latte with several...” Read full tasting note

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“Upping rating, backlogging, and sipping down! This is really tasty!” Read full tasting note

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“This is my first 52Teas blend! Thumper taught me not to say anything if I can’t say anything nice, so I’m having a bit of a tough time getting the words to flow, here. It’s especially tough given...” Read full tasting note

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“Backlog from Saturday.. Boyfriends parents walked with us around downtown Asheville today and it was SO. COLD. So after about an hour of walking around we headed back to the house, and I brought...” Read full tasting note

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This was the tea we created for our 2010 12 Teas of Christmas Sampler.

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AJRimmer

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Arby Advent Day 4
I find this one quite similar to the gingerbread brulee flavor. The flavor is definitely improved by milk and extra sugar. The spices are light and a bit generic, but pleasant. It doesn’t taste like gingerbread, but it is a nice chai. It’s what I was in the mood for this morning!

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VariaTEA

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Apparently I was in the mood for 52 Teas holiday chais this morning because I ended up brewing this as a chocolate milk latte, and Eggnog Chai plain. This sample came to me courtesy of Evol Ving Ness and since Gingerbread is one of those flavors I gravitate towards, I was more than happy to see this in the shoe box full of teas she shared.

So here’s the thing, with the chocolate milk component, this tastes like chocolate gingerbread…heavy on the ginger. It’s certainly a chai but also captures the molasses-rich baked good. I enjoyed it quite a bit so thank you Evol Ving Ness for the share.

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Evol Ving Ness
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I find this one has that chocolate covered gingerbread component even without the chocolate milk latte part.

Glad you enjoyed this one! It sounds like a delicious way to prepare it.

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Shae

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Don’t ask me why since it’s the middle of June, but today feels like one of the first days of Autumn. Not temperature-wise, of course. I do live in Alabama after all. I don’t know, maybe it’s less humid or it’s something to do with the birds and early morning noises outside my open window, but today feels like fall in my mind and I’m leaning into it. This chai wasn’t what I wanted yesterday, but today it seems perfect. Another I must have saved because I loved it so much. Delicious.

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Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 6 OZ / 177 ML

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Arby

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This is a pretty solid chai, however I wish it had more cake and ginger flavours, I’m not really getting gingerbread from it. I can, however, taste lots of other spices and a very nice black tea base.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Ginger, Peppercorn, Spices, Tannin

Preparation

195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 15 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 300 ML

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Evol Ving Ness

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It’s a rare moment for me to have milk at home. And then, for me to add that milk to my tea. And then, for me to add a heaping spoon of local honey to my tea as well.

Anyway, I did all that and I can tell you that it is a beautiful thing which was created in my tea cup.

It is almost unfair to drink a chai black and unsweetened. This cup may just be the beginning of a new destiny for my remaining chai blends.

I just hiked my rating of this tea up to 90 from 80 because this spice medley and tea base is exactly what I want from a chai spice mix. Beautiful balance.

Flavors: Cardamom, Cinnamon, Ginger

Preparation

Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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kristinalee
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Agreed. Chai requires dairy and sweetener.

52Teas
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When I taste-test the chai, I always do so without sweetener at first just to see if I’m pleased with the flavors. Then I add either honey or raw sugar because I agree, chai should be sweetened – the sweetness enhances the spices and makes the chai come alive.

I don’t always add dairy though because I’m really picky with my dairy. We keep 1% in the house all the time but I hate that stuff – I feel like it waters down a chai more than it flavors it. So unless I have a creamier alternative in the house I don’t usually go with dairy. But sweetener, definitely.

Evol Ving Ness
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Thank you for chiming in on this, Anne. Just after posting this note, I found myself wondering what your habits were when you test-drove your teas.

When I stopped drinking coffee at home about a year ago, I stopped buying milk or cream. Today, I went out for brunch and had coffee with my meal. On the way home, I stopped in at the corner store for a very small container of 2%. There were no other choices in that smallest size. I would have preferred homo, but as I drink my tea black, this already tasted creamy enough. But 1%, oh hell no.

52Teas
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Yeah, my hubby prefers the 1% and since he eats cereal more frequently than I, I don’t really chime in on my preference. I’ll buy 1/2 & 1/2 every once in a while and I really LOVE that in my chai when I want to go latte. Just a tiny splash of it gives me the creaminess I crave when I’m craving a latte. For when I have cereal, I usually use half of the 1% and half of the half&half which gives me something like whole milk which is my preference. I will only buy whole milk though when I’m making something like tres leches cake because it won’t get consumed otherwise because I’m not a milk drinker.

Evol Ving Ness
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Thank you for the suggestions. I like half and half latte idea. The corner store also carries half and half in the tiny size, so I will try it one day. For now, the 2% is plenty creamy enough for me.

Kirkoneill1988
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@Evol Ving Ness, how strong is the gingerbread taste?

Evol Ving Ness
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The three spices are in perfect balance, IMHO.

Evol Ving Ness
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I don’t quite know how to answer your question. It’s a very gingery chai blend.

Kirkoneill1988
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hmmm…. interesting

Leah Naomi

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I love chai, but don’t love ginger, so I was thankful to find this was just a less cinnamon-focused chai. I liked it, but I love cinnamon, so I would always prefer that.