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Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
Region: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula, and Uva
Shipping Port: Colombo/Sri Lanka
Grade: OP (Orange Pekoe)
Altitude: 5600 – 6400 feet above sea level
Manufacture Type: Orthodox
Cup Characteristics: Superb body with mellow
Indian spice notes. Creates a sensory trip to the
sub-continent.
Infusion: Coppery bright - especially enticing with milk
Ingredients: Luxury black Tea, Cardamom, Cloves,
Coriander, Cumin Seed, Sweet cumin seeds, Curry leaves, Lemon Grass, Rampe leaves,
Cinnamon, Aniseed.
Information: In many parts of India there is a saying that loosely translated as “spiced chai
– the tea that eats like a meal,” and in certain parts of India, it’s true. Traditional Indian chai
is a heady mix of spice and tea. Chai recipes are handed down from generation to
generation the way Westerners pass on grandma’s apple pie recipe. The tea is
traditionally brewed by boiling milk, adding good thick black tea and various spices, and
then boiling it again. The resulting mixture is thick, spicy, and incredibly full-bodied.
In India, spicy fresh chai is available just about everywhere. Chai-sellers, known as Chai
Wallahs, sell their concoctions at roadside stalls, train stations, anywhere you can think of.
The tea is served in small clay cups known as chullarhs that are smashed on the ground
once the tea is finished.
IMPORTANT: Before measuring your chai, turn your bag upside down a few times. The
powdered spices can settle at the bottom of the bag during transit.
Hot tea brewing method: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 heaping
teaspoon of tea for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover
and let steep for 5-10 minutes (for true chai steep at least 7 minutes). While the tea is
brewing prepare your cup to receive the chai – put 2 teaspoons of sugar in the cup and add
milk (about 20%) of the cup’s volume. When the chai is ready – pour into your cup.
Iced tea-brewing method: (to make 1 quart): Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat
resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes.
Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining
the leaves. Add ice, milk, sugar and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and
sweeten to taste. [A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced tea is to double the
strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water].
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Camille's Tea, based in the San Antonio, Texas area, offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, including flavored teas, traditional teas, green teas,
herbal teas, decaffeinated teas, decaf teas, caffeine free teas, and iced teas, and lavender, Shea butter, Chantal teapots, Lomonosov teapots, tea
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Camille's Tea, based in the San Antonio, Texas area, offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, including flavored teas, traditional teas, green teas,
herbal teas, decaffeinated teas, decaf teas, caffeine free teas, and iced teas, and lavender, Shea butter, Chantal teapots, Lomonosov teapots, tea
infusers, tea accessories, Bearington Bears, tea linens, neck warmers, Herbal Concepts slippers and eye pacs, and Pre de Provence bath and
body products. We also feature multiple tea of the month clubs. Read more >>
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