You will enjoy this most intoxicating of all Chais!

Full-bodied black Assam Tea, white chocolate, caramel, & a heady blend of spices from the Malabar coast of India!

Cup Characteristics: Seasonal Malabar Coast spices with sweet caramel come to the fore with a sensuous Belgian chocolate finish. Premium black tea, Calendula petals, Elder blossom, White chocolate, Chopped and powdered ginger, Chopped and powdered cardamom, Chopped and powdered coriander, Chopped and powdered cinnamon, Chopped cloves, Chopped black pepper, Natural flavours.

2oz. for $2.99 ~ 4oz. for $4.79 ~ 8oz. for $7.69

Origin: India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) & Belgium

The Master Blender, an avid Tennessee Williams fan decided to honor the complex themes of The Night of the Iguana, by creating an equally complex chai. He used as its base a lush and full-bodied black Assam in order to impart the chai a wonderful depth.  Next, white chocolate, caramel, and a heady blend of spices from the Malabar coast of India were added to the mix - sharp ginger, cardamom, coriander, cinnamon, cloves, & black pepper. Finally, calendula petals & elder blossoms were added to give the blend some color - representing Williams' colorful existence.

The result, we're sure you'll agree, is one of our most intoxicating chais. It is at once rich and astringent, with pleasant overtures of spice. It is tragic that Tennessee himself never had an opportunity to sample a steaming hot cup-full. Instead, we ask that you brew a pot and hoist a cup in his honor. Although traditional chai preparation methods require that the tea be brewed in heavy milk in order to bring out its spiciness, adding scalded milk to Night of the Iguana will have a similar effect. Here's to ol' Tennessee.

IMPORTANT: Turn your bag of Chai upside down a few minutes. The powdered spices can settle at the bottom of the bag during transit.

The quality of the tea elevates this chai to a new level.

A classically lively Chai tea that rewards the senses!

Cup Characteristics: Superb body with mellow Indian spice notes. Creates a sensory trip to the sub-continent.

2oz. for $2.99 ~ 4oz. for $4.79 ~ 8oz. for $7.69

Origin: India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

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. Paint the following picture in your mind: the tea wadis cart has that ‘well used’ look (read - 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 masala 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. Indian spiced chai is often referred to as Masala Chai. 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.) and ‘masala’ is the word for the mixture of the various spices - hence Masala Chai.  Often a lower quality tea is used to make ‘chai’ as it is thought the spices will cover-up any deficiencies in the tea. We do not believe this and prefer to make our dry tea chai mix from real Indian spices and high-grown Ceylon tea. The quality of the tea elevates this chai to a new level.

IMPORTANT: Turn your bag of Chai upside down a few minutes. The powdered spices can settle at the bottom of the bag during transit.

Brew yourself a cup and be spiritually transported to old Cochin - truly superb tea.

The ancient city of Cochin is one of Southern India’s most important.

Cup Characteristics: Full bodied tea enhances South Indian masala spices. The finish has cardamom notes peeking out from lively ginger. Superb with milk and sugar.

Black tea, Chopped and powdered ginger, Chopped and powdered cardamom, Chopped and powdered coriander, Chopped and powdered cinnamon, Chopped cloves, Chopped black pepper.

2oz. for $2.99 ~ 4oz. for $4.79 ~ 8oz. for $7.69

Origin: India & Kenya

The ancient city of Cochin is one of Southern India’s most important. It is for this reason that the city is sometimes referred to as the Gateway of Southern India. Throughout the centuries, the city, which is situated in the state of Kerala, came under the rule of many different masters. First came the exotically named Zamorin of Kozhikode (Calicut). It is believed however that the name of the city derives from the Chinese word “kochi”, given to the city by its next ruler, the great Kublai Khan.

Cochin however first came to prominence during the rule of the Portuguese around 1530. Their empire at the time was one of the world’s most powerful and under their tenure Cochin developed into a very prosperous trading centre. After the Portuguese came Dutch rule in the mid 17th century, followed by the British, and finally, after Indian independence, Indian rule.

One can imagine that is because of this mix of cultures that Cochin subsequently became famous for a mixture of its own, Cochin Masala - a mixture of coconut, ground red chilies, dal, coriander, and turmeric. Cochin Masala is a cooking staple in Southern India and is used to flavor curries of all sorts. It is with high regard for the long history of this ancient city that we present this wonderful chai, one of India’s most popular beverages. Traditionally this chai would be brewed using milk instead of water. The same effect however, can be created by brewing your tea in the usual fashion and adding warm milk. Brew yourself a cup and be spiritually transported to old Cochin - truly superb tea.

IMPORTANT: Turn your bag of Chai upside down a few minutes. The powdered spices can settle at the bottom of the bag during transit.

Brew yourself a cup and be spiritually transported to old Cochin - truly superb tea.

Mocha Chai tea, Wow! Warm the heart with this.

Cup Characteristics: Superb body with mellow Indian spice notes and overtones of mocha depth.

Black Tea, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Cloves, Curry leaves, Lemon Grass, Cummin, Sweet Cummin, Coriander, Natural flavors.

2oz. for $2.99 ~ 4oz. for $4.79 ~ 8oz. for $7.69

Origin: Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

The ancient city of Cochin is one of Southern India’s most important. It is for this reason that the city is sometimes referred to as the Gateway of Southern India. Throughout the centuries, the city, which is situated in the state of Kerala, came under the rule of many different masters. First came the exotically named Zamorin of Kozhikode (Calicut). It is believed however that the name of the city derives from the Chinese word “kochi”, given to the city by its next ruler, the great Kublai Khan.

Cochin however first came to prominence during the rule of the Portuguese around 1530. Their empire at the time was one of the world’s most powerful and under their tenure Cochin developed into a very prosperous trading centre. After the Portuguese came Dutch rule in the mid 17th century, followed by the British, and finally, after Indian independence, Indian rule.

One can imagine that is because of this mix of cultures that Cochin subsequently became famous for a mixture of its own, Cochin Masala - a mixture of coconut, ground red chilies, dal, coriander, and turmeric. Cochin Masala is a cooking staple in Southern India and is used to flavor curries of all sorts. It is with high regard for the long history of this ancient city that we present this wonderful chai, one of India’s most popular beverages. Traditionally this chai would be brewed using milk instead of water. The same effect however, can be created by brewing your tea in the usual fashion and adding warm milk. Brew yourself a cup and be spiritually transported to old Cochin - truly superb tea.

IMPORTANT: Turn your bag of Chai upside down a few minutes. The powdered spices can settle at the bottom of the bag during transit.

Loose Leaf Chai Spice Tea in 3.5oz. Pouch

Spicy, aromatic blend of black teas, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, clove and cardamom. This tea is packaged in a convenient resealable pouch.

3.5oz. for $5.75

Loose Leaf Decafe Chai Spice Tea in 3.5oz. Pouch

A naturally decaffeinated version of the popular Chai Spice tea. Now you can enjoy our Chai any time of day. This tea is packaged in a convenient resealable pouch.

3.5oz. for $5.95