chai

Indian tea mixture, try Indian foods and curries. It's also good with cheese cakes and sweets. You usually buy it ready mixed, and follow the directions on the package. It generally takes more time to brew than straight black tea. Toci

Hello,

About the types of chai's there are - i guess you could say they fall under three broad categories. 1. Ayurvedic Chai's 2. Herbal Chai's and

1. Masala Chais.

Ayurvedic Chai's in themselves contain hardly any tea - the higher concentration being give to natural herbs. These teas are mixed according to the Ayurvedic standards or traditions.

Herbal Chai's are chai's where the tea is mixed in proportion with several different kinds of natural herbs. Almost all these types of tea carry health benefits and many are used as traditonal health tonics.

Masala Chai's are the broadest category of chais simply because anybody putting in a pinch of lemon or a little bit of cardamom or ginger has prepared a basic type of masala chai. almost all vendors have a different blend of masala chai - in india every third person has a different taste of masala chai.

concerning the types of food that goes well with chai's i would guess that any kind of indian or mildly spicy food would go well with a cup of chai.