Oriental Spice

Tea type
Black Chai Blend
Ingredients
Assam Melody, Black Tea, Cardamom Pods, Cinnamon Bark, Cloves, Ginger Root, Lapsang Souchong, Natural Spice Flavor, Orange Peels
Flavors
Clove, Spices
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Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
High
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Michael
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 17 oz / 502 ml

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  • “Made this latte style with some steamed (aka warmed in microwave) milk, equal parts milk and water. It isn’t as tasty as the stovetop chai method, but it does pretty well when I don’t want the...” Read full tasting note
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  • “thanks to terriharplady for another adagio blend. this one is SMEEEELLLLY! I actually don’t mind this one too much, though the tea doesn’t seem to do a really great job blending together. It’s...” Read full tasting note
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  • “This tea is extremely variable, it jumps from one end of the spectrum of taste clear across to the other side. It starts out a rich black tea with an undertone of spices: cinnamon, cardamom, and...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Oh hello. This tea. It was free with my most recent Adagio order. I knew I didn’t want to necessarily buy this tea, but I did want to try it since it was in some of my favourite blends. Dry it...” Read full tasting note
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From Adagio Teas

To most Westerners, it is a little known fact that the word ‘Chai’ simply means ‘tea’ in Hindi. Therefore, all teas are technically chais. However, instead of the ‘chai’ that most Americans are used to (which usually contains really bad tea), we offer an Oriental Spice tea – premium Ceylon black tea with a unique blend of spices; cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger.

About Adagio Teas View company

Adagio Teas has become one of the most popular destinations for tea online. Its products are available online at www.adagio.com and in many gourmet and health food stores.

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111 tasting notes

A bit sharp, too spicy for me. I mean I like spicy food and jalapenos, so not that kind of spicy, but this isn’t smooth at all.

Preparation
1 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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36 tasting notes

Holy smokes. I’m in love!

This tea came in a sample set from Adagio, and it was probably the one I was the least excited about, mainly because the description sounded a bit vague. So, it’s kind of a like a chai, but not really? I couldn’t tell for sure.

This tea knocks my socks off. I completely adore it. I’ve been nursing a giant 20-oz mug of it all morning and all I can think about, as I’m nearing the end, is how soon I can make more. I had decided to put off ordering more tea for at least a month, but there’s just no way I can hold out that long. I need this tea in my life!

I’ve been on the search for the last few weeks to find “my” go-to chai, the favorite I could keep around as a pantry staple. I think this is it. I can’t imagine an improvement to it. It’s delightfully sweet, spicy but not too spicy, comforting, lovely. I want to start and end every day with it. I want to fill a bunker with it in case of the nuclear collapse of civilization. It’s just that good.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 20 OZ / 591 ML

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28 tasting notes

Not too heavy handed with the spices like chai. Warm spices with a good strength, doesn’t feel thin or watery.

Preparation
1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Got this in a sampler pack, used as a work tea. Polishing it off today, and I don’t think I have reviewed it once. I can’t think of anything to say about it – it’s tea, and it functions ok as work tea, but it really doesn’t stand out.

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737 tasting notes

Backlogging from yesterday—

Of the Nut & Spice sampler pack, this one is my favorite. It tastes like chai.

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This was my Sunday morning caffeine. I made it straight/plain. I may have oversteeped it a touch (dog started harassing me and I got distracted! lol). It was slightly bitter, heavy on the citrus, and had a sort of “christmas” vibe to it. I swear it had clove in it, but I probably just don’t know my spices well enough.

I’ll likely try this in Butter Tea in the future. But plain, it wasn’t very enjoyable.

Preparation
4 min, 0 sec

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8 tasting notes

Tasty, but not out of this world. Mild spice and citrus. Good for 2-3 infusions.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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5 tasting notes

I liked it. But it could had a little more of a kick with the spice. Still a very good black tea.

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21 tasting notes

Not one of my favorites from Adagio, but pretty good.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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Because of the spices I measure this by the teaspoon instead of weight. 1 heaping teaspoon steeped for 5 min in purified boiling water or simmering milk, I like chocolate milk. Serve unsweetened.

For a dirty chai, add 2oz cold brewed coffee concentrate to 4oz boiling water or simmering milk. You can also add hot cocoa mix added after steeping.

There’s good chai, and there’s bad chai. This is bad chai. Something is really strong in it, and it’s something I obviously don’t like a lot of. Almost bitter. There isn’t “chai” in the name, but this is definitely a chai tea. But if that’s what you want, do yourself a favor and buy one of their actual chai teas. This is a redundant waste of product space in my opinon- I’d rather they take this out and put something more interesting and unique in it’s place.

Because of the spices I measure this by the teaspoon instead of weight. 1 heaping teaspoon steeped for 5 min in boiling water or simmering milk, I like chocolate milk. Serve unsweetened.

For a dirty chai, add 2oz cold brewed coffee concentrate to 4oz boiling water or simmering milk. This is also VERY good w/ hot cocoa mix added after steeping.

To make it chilled, make a large batch using as little water as possible to make a concentrate, chilling, then using milk to fill the liquid discrepency. If desired, add proper amount of coffee concentrate for the amount you’re making and reduce water/milk that amount according to compensate for the coffee. If serving it over ice, make ice cubes from more tea or tea steeped in milk. I prefer it blended when iced.

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