Organic Rabbit Hole Chai

I just downed 2 infusions of this and think it’s wonderful! The dry aroma is very memorable! It has that chai aroma but the black tea is bold and not hidden by the spices AND almost fruity to the nose…maybe a little bubblegum type scent to it trying to hide underneath. It’s quite unique.

Once infused the spices play a wonderful part, of course! The bubblegum or fruit notes I was smelling before were no longer there but there is a surprising sweetness to the taste and a perfect-for-my-preferences-chai taste to it!

This is special! I like this! This is the very first Rabbit Hole tea I have tried and now I cannot wait to try the others I received this past weekend!!!! Woot!

I can’t believe I haven’t logged this tea before. I am such a slacker. I made my final pot of this tea today (sob) to christen my new teapot (yay!). I have had a rather itinerant lifestyle for the last few months and it has wreaked havoc on my ceramic with several breakages. I am trying a stainless steel pot until things settle out plus it has the biggest infusion basket I have ever seen.

So back to the tea. It has large pieces of cinnamon, whole start anise, cardamom pods, cloves and black pepper. It smells like a heavenly combination of all those spices dry. I brewed for 5 min with boiling water. The wet leaves smell similar to the dry. The tea smells similar. The tea has a very good base. I don’t really taste bubblegum but I do have a nice mix of cinnamon, anise and clove. Adding milk and honey makes it more smooth & sweet but I think it is just as good without.

Happy Thanksgiving to those Steepsterites here in the US. I’m actually not celebrating Thanksgiving today, we will have it on December 4th (Hubby has to work today).

I am trying this chai out today, and it really is delicious. The spices are incredibly smooth and seamless. I agree with TeaEqualsBliss who sent me some of this chai (thank you!) there is definitely a bubblegum-like scent going on with the dry leaf. Different, but, certainly not off-putting. It smells really good actually.

The flavor is rich and warmly spiced without being spicy-hot. I had some of this as a latte and some with just a little honey, and I prefer it non-latte. I like the way the spices represent themselves without the milk. But it’s really good either way.

A really nice chai! Warm and cozy!

The kids said, “This smells like Christmas!”. And it does!

Sandy brought lots of tea back from Australia and New Zealand and we are sipping our way through all these teas we reserved to try with each other.

This is a nicely spiced chai and not too peppery for me. I had some authentic chai made from the personal recipe of a friend from India and really didn’t like it, then someone else from India who had a recipe more like this one and found the other one horrifying.

At first I thought it was very similar to Harney and Sons Indian Spice, so we decided to do a side by side comparison. These are VERY different. Rabbit Hole Chai is organic, a giant plus. There are whole cardamom pods, whole cloves, and large pieces of cinnamon bark, as well as chunks of ginger and star anise. I agree with Bliss, there is something sweet and good in the base that does remind you of bubblegum, but in the best way possible, perhaps like the old fashioned gum you can hardly find anymore like Teaberry, Blackjack, and Clove. It is probably the anise and clove!

While spices, this isn’t a tea that burns, it is just warming and bracing. This is a very good chai! Another home run by Rabbit Hole!