TGFOP Tea Reviews (c) Silverneedles est.2005

from local india store. this is a fine powder of : dry ginger, pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves.

LETS DO SOME CHAI !
dont worry the instructions are… on… errr… not here… how the f are you supposed to use this…

ok, fine, … lets improvise:
boiling water ~1cup,
dropped some assam ctc 1.5tsp, boiled for like 1 min,
added 1tsp of chai mix, boiled for like 1 min…
added 1/2 cup boiling milk (soy-not too much soy taste).

holly fudge! this is some spicy shit! too much pepper for my taste ! my throat is on FIRE!
added extra ~1/2cup very vanilla soymilk,
+1tbsp of honey.

man, that pepper is still real hot, … wooh! … it even smells peppery, and cant taste much cinnamon, there are some other flavors i cant identify. nutmeg, definitely some nutmeg among the ton of pepper.

. NO.

black CTC (dont know specifics), cinnamon pieces, some other spice pieces. less of those white plant things (i think theyre fillers they dont look like they have any taste).

smell: the masala chai smell, liquor is brighter than teavanas.

taste:
spicy, the cinnamon flavor is more pronounced than in teavana’s.
some minute bitterness
some minute astringency
the flavors are more flavorful compared to teavana’s.
goes well with sugar, goes well with milk.

YES.

> COMPARE TO TEAVANA <

leaves: black CTC (dont know specifics), cinnamon pieces, alot more of some kind of white plant (i say theyre fillers, they look like some kind of grain).

taste:
good, spicy, flavors seem more blended between them, they dont seem to want to tickle the taste buds too much… hellooo wake up.

no…

> COMPARE TO CHADO TEA <