Company: Tea Forté

Type: Black, Chai

Cost: $24 for 20 pyramid infusers, $15 for 35 serving canister

Tea Notes:

• Steeped in boiling water for 4 minutes.
• Aroma is a typical chai but not overly strong.
• Taste was incredibly strong by itself but mellowed out with soy milk and agave added (see below).

Thoughts:

I do not make chai often.  It seems like more hassle than it is worth to me to steep the tea, add milk and sugar and make sure all the proportions are right.  I would much rather just make a cup of tea and drink it without adding anything to it.  However, since this week I wrote about spicy teas I figured it was a good time to try Tea Forté’s Bombay Chai.  At first, I thought this tea was not going to be strong what-so-ever.  I had to stick the infuser right up to my nose to smell anything and ended up with a nose-full of cinnamon.  I recommend you avoid doing that.  After steeping the tea I took my first couple of sips without anything added to it just in case this was a chai that didn’t need anything additional.  It is not.  This tea demands something in it to round it off.  It has a very, very strong chai taste that is not very pleasing.  So out came vanilla soy milk and agave nectar to join the chai in my cup.  I rarely use regular milk for reasons I’m sure you don’t want to read about, so I substitute with soy milk.  Once I added the two ingredients mentioned only moments ago the chai came alive.  It was sweet and tasty though still a little heavy on the clove taste in my opinion.  Not bad at all and was quite happy to have an enjoyable cup!  While not the best chai I have had, this is definitely drinkable and has an overall nice chai quality.

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