I don’t normally drink tea, but in India we were constantly being offered cups of chai, and I got so that I couldn’t get through my afternoon without chai’s restorative powers.
Relaxing with a cup of chai in Udaipur Palace.
At Chittor Palace they serve the chai from a teapot with the palace coat of arms on it.
But the best chai we had in India was in Bundi, where they served ginger chai in tiny plastic cups. How to make ginger chai, from our cooking class in India, plus instructions on how to make masala chai from our friend Baba in Japan.
More on our 2010 trip to India.
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YUM!! Love chai tea 🙂
Me too, especially ginger chai!
hmmm…. haven’t tried that! Will need to now 🙂
We had that chai mostly in Bundi, and when I told them it was the best chai in India they they told me that it was ginger chai. When I took a cooking class in Udaipur I asked how to make it and have posted the recipe.
Awesome!! We SOOO want to go to India – it really needs to be on the cards soon!
It’s amazing how fast you get addicted to chai. Tastes so good! We always had a cup of nice, stimulating chai after our afternoon nap, when we were in Goa last winter.
Beautiful photos!
I think it’s all that sugar they use plus the caffeine that makes it feel so restorative after a long day of clomping through palaces and forts!
Especially in winter, I often make a large batch of chai to last me for a few days. You can make it with or without the black tea added to the spices.
I like it best with minimal amounts of black tea and lots of milk, sugar and ginger. In the summer I often brew up a batch of concentrated hibiscus tea to which I add ice and soda water, but I’ve never thought of brewing a batch of chai for winter. What a great idea!
Mmm definitely comforting !
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