Rooibos Masala Chai

£6.45

Mouth enlightening Malabar spices combine with sweet rooibos to create a herbal treat.

Loose Leaf Tea Ingredients

Rooibos, Ginger, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Black & White pepper, Clove, and Nutmeg.

About This Loose Leaf Tea

This herbal tea is sometimes referred to in our office as the blend with an identity crisis. Why? Well, what else do you call it when you have a mix that combines the mellow character of Rooibos, with the sensual spiciness of Masala chai? Is it relaxing? Is it a pick me up? Or is it both? Confused? Let us explain. Rooibos is well known to be one of the most relaxing hot beverages one can brew. The needle shaped leaves of the Rooibos bush, (Latin: Aspalathus linearis) produce a caffeine free drink that is noted by nutritionists and health consultants the world over for its soothing character. Masala chai, with its base mixture of ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, clove, and black pepper, is generally considered to be one of the more overtly spicy examples of all blends. Interestingly the mixture of these two distinct characters gives this chai a lovely sense of balance. Think ying and yang, night and day, or Simon and Garfunkel, (although they did split up I guess!) Brew yourself a cup, sit back and it will all start to make sense. As with all chais, the complex character of the blend can be wonderfully opened up when prepared with warm soy, or whole milk. Enjoy the complications of this herbal blend!

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Keeping rooibos fans and chai fans sharing a brew together

I like rooibos, and I like the kind of spices in chai, so I expected to like this and I did. I found the pepper notes and the pepperiness within cardamon were what I first got - I think of these as pointy, pungent spicy - ginger too, but ginger has what to me are round, sweet earthy spicy. The warm sweet nutmeg clove cinnamon, puddingy cake bake flavours were less in evidence. I liked the blend of zing refresh rooibos with the chai spice blend.

I think this will be particularly nice in winter, though I might be tempted to add a cinnamon stick to the teapot!

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Keeping rooibos fans and chai fans sharing a brew together

I like rooibos, and I like the kind of spices in chai, so I expected to like this and I did. I found the pepper notes and the pepperiness within cardamon were what I first got - I think of these as pointy, pungent spicy - ginger too, but ginger has what to me are round, sweet earthy spicy. The warm sweet nutmeg clove cinnamon, puddingy cake bake flavours were less in evidence. I liked the blend of zing refresh rooibos with the chai spice blend.

I think this will be particularly nice in winter, though I might be tempted to add a cinnamon stick to the teapot!