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Hello,
I have been visiting this group for a while now and just recently decided to join. Have been a fan of tea. The variety is amazing.Actually it was my mom (who is around 75 yrs old ) who convinced me to switch to tea from coffee. And I am glad I did. Me and my mom love that chai tea from starbucks. But recently my mom has not been keeping good health and hence has been missing out on her favorite tea. So I started checking online to see if I can get more info on how to make chai tea at home. Found out that chai tea has 4-5 spices and they have to be ground before adding to the tea, etc etc. Well, my mom can't do that !!! Then I found this website supremespice.com which sells spice extracts and they have something called Tea masala extract . I was thrilled. Ordered one, used it and it was wonderful. I just had to add 1-2 drops of that extract to my regular tea. My mom loved it. It actually turned out better than Starbucks chai tea. Someone had posted a question abt what would be good Christmas gift for a tea lover. Well, I know what I am giving my mom. That site also had Cardamom extract and Ginger extract (haven't tried them yet). So I am planning to give my mom the Tea masala, cardamom and ginger extracts so she can enjoy her tea at home. I was very thrilled about my discovery and thought I should share with all of you. Will be having chai tea instead of eggnog this Christmas ![]() Cheers, Emma |
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Thanks David. I did try the pre-mixed chai tea from uptontea.com. But
what I felt is that the tea was little light with those pre-mixed bags. If I steep the bag for longer time then I do get a bit stronger tea but then all the spice flavors get stronger too. I wanted more control over the spices in my chai tea. I could get that with the tea masala drops that I got. David M. Harris wrote: > Welcome, Emma. > > You can also order pre-mixed chai tea from a number of online vendors, > such as www.uptontea.com or www.silvertipstea.com. > > > |
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David M. Harris > wrote:
>You can also order pre-mixed chai tea from a number of online vendors, >such as www.uptontea.com or www.silvertipstea.com. Or you can buy a tea masala blend from most Indian grocery stores. I find the common "Laxmi" brand to have too much black pepper for my taste, but many groceries will give you the ground spices to make your own and some will compound them for you also. I cannot help but think that Emma is an advertising ploy. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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You guys are kidding me, right? You really think I am doing an
advertising ploy? I just can't believe it!!! And what abt you all giving URL's of uptonton tes and silvertipstea ?? In my defense - Looks like you guys haven't tried the powders that you get in Indian store. If not sieved properly it just ruins your tea. Try it and see. And you said that some stores will compound the spice powders for you. At least the one in my area doesn't. Scott Dorsey wrote: > David M. Harris > wrote: > >You can also order pre-mixed chai tea from a number of online vendors, > >such as www.uptontea.com or www.silvertipstea.com. > > Or you can buy a tea masala blend from most Indian grocery stores. I find > the common "Laxmi" brand to have too much black pepper for my taste, but > many groceries will give you the ground spices to make your own and some > will compound them for you also. > > I cannot help but think that Emma is an advertising ploy. > --scott > > -- > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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I wasn't aware that you could get tea in bags from upton.
wrote: > Thanks David. I did try the pre-mixed chai tea from uptontea.com. But > what I felt is that the tea was little light with those pre-mixed bags. > If I steep the bag for longer time then I do get a bit stronger tea but > then all the spice flavors get stronger too. I wanted more control over > the spices in my chai tea. I could get that with the tea masala drops > that I got. > > > > David M. Harris wrote: >> Welcome, Emma. >> >> You can also order pre-mixed chai tea from a number of online vendors, >> such as www.uptontea.com or www.silvertipstea.com. >> >> >> > |
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