Different shades of brown

I must say I am addicted to Chai lattes. Say it as ‘Chai’ or ‘Tea’, there are so many kinds that it

is hard to get bored. You know, when you actually sit down to write the different recipes for

a good tasting chai latte, there is no end to it. I came across a blog which said that there are

about 90 varieties of tea and coffee. I don’t believe that information is up to date, because

with different varieties of masala tea latte, there has got to be more than 90 ways of

brewing.

Not just brown!

We cannot even stereotype the colour of chai to brown anymore, even not different shades

of brown. What about black chai then? And green chai? Hell, there is even pink chai. I would

say that now is the revolution of the tea industry. Here is where the challenge is. With so

many different teas across the globe, it is overwhelming in different shades of colour. I have

brought you some popular countries which I believe to have the most varieties of Chai.

China, being the top of my list, let us see its tremendous variety of chai. It is the largest

producer and the oldest exporter of tea. Their varieties of tea include jasmine tea, mint tea,

white tea, Ti Kuan Yin, white lotus flavour, wild blackberries, and many more. Some of these

varieties may never be found elsewhere.My next option is Japanese chai, the inventors of

green chai. They also have sencha chai, gyokoru and kariganeflavours. All of them are

varieties of green tea. They drink it bitter not to miss the authentic taste. These varieties of

green chai are rapidly becoming popular in the rest of the world too.In India, what is mostly

available is the traditional chai with milk and sugar. 99% of the population drinks this type of

hot chai. Masala chai is another favourite which is added with different Indian spices. Then

we have the Kashmiri pink chai which actually has salt in it. Nepalese chai is similar to India’s

Assamese chai.Finally, Srilanka too produces a variety of chai. It is black but its taste is quite

different from the Indian chai. Chai is actually sold as Ceylon chai in Srilanka.Africa has the

popular coco chai. Having large cocoa producing countries, it has but naturally developed

chocolate flavoured chai. There are also other spiced teas. There is also vanilla chai latte

popular in the west which is essentially chai brewed with vanilla beans; a favourite to many.

Why the variety?

Because monotony is not anybody’s favourite. And, experiment has brought us to a whole

new level in chai making. There is masala tea latteand there is bubblegum chai. It has the

flavour of a combination of fruits. Its ingredients include raspberries, strawberries, apple

pieces, black tea, rhubarb, marigold and hibiscus flowers. It is an unimaginably a signature

blend of tea currently in the market. We need variety to make flavours as awesome as the

bubblegum tea and fruit teas and more. The interesting fact is that we now easily get some

interesting varieties of chai latte in the market and one such is the Bondichai that I tried out

during my last visit to Australia and that was much more than a café drink. Hope it’s available

in Singapore too. So sit back and enjoy the taste that sticks to your taste bud ever…

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