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Fennel Chai
Fennel Chai
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Delicious full flavor Assam tea with cinnamon, ginger, and fennel seeds.

SKU: chai
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Country of Origin:
India
Region:
Assam
Shipping Port:
Gauhati via Calcutta and Haldia
Grade:
OP - Orange Pekoe
Manufacture Type:
Orthodox
Cup Characteristics:
Full bodied with a licorice flavor
Infusion:
Coppery bright - especially enticing with milk
Ingredients:
Pure Assam
fennel seeds
ginger
Cinnamon
 
 
Chai is so prevalent in India and Sri Lanka that it could be called the National drink. It is very common to see the tea wadis serving their chai to the walk-by street traffic. In North America we have the coffee carts in the sub continent and Sri Lanka you have the wadis. Paint the following picture in your mind: the tea wadis cart has that well used look (bashed, dented), quite often with a charcoal fire going keeping the water boiling so steam and smoke are rising, an old evaporated milk can full of sugar, another bashed and dented can with the chai spices, an eclectic collection of semi -clean mugs and glasses and a wizened chai expert deftly pouring back and forth from great heights, tea with spices and milk, combining the two ingredients. Once combined it is normal to add a fantastic amount of sugar for that real chai experience.

Chai is brewed with milk and a mixture of spices. Each recipe can be different depending upon the spices used. The word chai literally means tea (different languages use various forms of this word - for example Portuguese call it cha, Hindus call it chai, and in Chinese the sound of the symbol for tea sounds very much like cha.)

Turn your bag of Chai upside down a few times, since during transit the spices can settle at the bottom of the bag.

Fennel Seed is a common herb used to promote good digestion, and ease gas and bloating. This Mediterranean herb can also be found in many medicinal formulas designed to help ease women through monthly fluctuations. Tea made from Fennel can also help produce milk for nursing mothers. Fennel is included on the Food and Drug Administration's list of herbs generally regarded as safe. But because of its estrogenic effect, pregnant women should avoid medicinal amounts of the herb. This is a general rule of thumb, for more information; please consult an Herbalist or others who are knowledgeable in the use of herbal teas. The information related to this item is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disorder or disease, please consult a physician if you have any medical questions or other concerns.


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Rank 4 Love the anise taste in this tea Submitted: 09/11/2007
I bought a trial size of this tea just to try it since I do enjoy the taste of licorice. I enjoyed it so much I bought a pound. It was absolutely delish and I drink it everyday.

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