Masala Chai

Pantenger Masala Chai is an exotic, pungent and aromatic Indian tea blend. Masala Chai translates as ‘spiced tea’ in Hindi. It can be drunk plain or the traditional way, with milk and sugar. About Masala Chai By 1820, Chinese tea was popular and loved in England. The British were desperate to produce tea in the colonies to stop the trade deficit with China. British botanists discovered a new tea variety (Camelia Sinensis Assamica) in Assam and tea seeds were smuggled from China and planted in Darjeeling. Within 50 years, the British had developed new techniques to process large quantities of tea and reduce production costs. Most of the tea produced was of low quality and soon there was an excess of production. British tea merchants needed new buyers: the local Indian market. The drinking of tea was imposed by forcing tea breaks in factories and was available from vendors in trains and on stalls everywhere. By 1900, Indians consumed two thirds of the tea produced by the British. Herbs