Oh, the Places We'll Go » Coffee’s Got Nothin on Chai http://tedandsarah.com Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:00:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Coffee’s Got Nothin on Chai http://tedandsarah.com/2011/08/07/coffees-got-nothin-on-chai/ http://tedandsarah.com/2011/08/07/coffees-got-nothin-on-chai/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:38:45 +0000 Ted http://tedandsarah.com/?p=1416 Read the Rest...
]]> Chai (or more specifically, Masala Chai) is the staple liquid of India. A milk-based black tea flavored with cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and lots of sugar, chai is more ubiquitous than coffee, and in my opinion, is far superior in taste. Served by street vendors known as “chai wallahs (a wallah is a person that performs a service – you have your laundry ironed by a “press wallah”, your shoes shined by a “shoe wallah”, etc), you can order a chai in a train, in a food stall, in a museum, in a restaurant, or basically on any corner in all of northern India. Sometimes served in a teapot, other times in a glass, and occasionally in a plastic bag, masala chai will forever be one of my favorite hot drinks.

Personal Chai Teapots

Chai in a glass

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