Bourbon Vanilla Chai

Bourbon vanilla combines with Malabar Coast spices including ginger and cardamom to create this delicious chai. Chai is such an integral part of Indian culture that it is virtually impossible to avoid when traveling through any part of the Indian sub-continent. Even when fresh cold drinking water cannot be found you will inevitably encounter a chai-wallah or chai seller yelling out "chayee! chayee!"While riding the rails in India the call of the chai wallah can be heard at every stop proffering their delicious hot drink. It is not uncommon for a chai-wallah to board a train in the middle of the night and wake up passengers to sell chai. The chai arrives in small clay cups that customers throw from the train windows when finished! Indian chai is typically made using a rich black tea usually an Assam and brewing it in heavy milk with cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and pepper. The drink produces a warm, soothing effect and engenders a wonderfully calming effect on the body. We've taken the soothing aspect of this blend one step further and added a dash of vanilla. This addition of vanilla adds a hint of creaminess to this tea - a fantastic mix. Brew this tea piping hot and add some sugar to help open up the exotic flavour of the spicy blend that makes up this tea.

Please note: In order to become more environmentally-friendly we no longer add large coloured labels to our tea packets. Simply peel off the small name label from the back of your packet to make it totally biodegradable! Gift tubes are as shown.