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A rich black loose leaf tea with freshly ground spices. Unlike a traditional Masala Chai, which often uses a low grade tea and disguises it with spices, this is a beautifully hand-crafted tea carefully enhanced with spices.
Deliciously enlivening.
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
A rich malty black tea with a perfect balance of comforting and aromatic spices. Good enough to be drunk on its own and equally perfect as a milky drink. This Masala Chai has been carefully crafted and blended to be delicious however you like to enjoy it.
Cost Per Cup
Cost Per Cup
17p per cup based on 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.
Origin
Origin
Satemwa Estate, Shire Highands, Malawi
India
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Recommended Infusion Guide
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Quantity
Use 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water.
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Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 80°C water, or if you prefer it with milk use 100°C water.
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Time
Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.
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Infusions
You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.
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Quantity
Use 0.1 oz of leaf per 5.5 fl oz of water.
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Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 176°F water, or if you prefer it with milk use 212°F water.
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Time
Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.
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Infusions
You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.
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Quantity
Use 2 level tsp. per 150ml of water.
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Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 80°C water, or if you prefer it with milk use 100°C water.
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Time
Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.
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Infusions
You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.
More infusion tips
How to infuse your tea is very personal, and these are just our recommendations based on experience. Please experiment with these variables to your heart's delight. These are our recommendations, not hard and fast rules. The most delicious tea is the one you love.
Our guide uses a standard tea cup size (150ml/5.5 oz) as a measure, please adjust the quantity of leaf accordingly for less or more water. Our whole loose leaves are of such a high quality that you can infuse our teas at least twice, and the second infusion is often better than the first, with different flavours revealed as the leaf softens. If you prefer your tea stronger, add more leaf, don’t leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).
If you want to make your Masala Chai, latte style - we recommend making a strong two-minute infusion of 60ml of boiling water with 2.5g of tea and then adding hot full fat milk.
You could also try infusing the tea in hot, full fat milk - fat carries flavour and is delicious - heat 2.5g of tea per 150ml of full fat milk until just below simmering point.

Falling in love with Chai...
Henrietta fell in love with Chai in Nepal on the way to visit the Jun Chiyabari Tea Garden...
"We stopped by the roadside and she made us a Chai so delicious that it changed my life forever. I asked to see the tea she was using and wasn't surprised, given the wonderful flavour, that it was a lovely loose leaf. Her tea was a far higher grade than you might have expected - way beyond what you would find in a UK bag. And this was woman in a road side hut with tarps for a roof and earth for a floor. It was the first Chai I had ever tasted that was made with real love and the best ingredients."
Many thanks to this tealady for inspiring Henrietta to blend her own version, that became our Rare Masala Chai.
Origin & Craft
Our Rare Masala Chai is a combination of hand-crafted black tea blended from harvests across a small, independent estate in the Shire Highlands of Malawi. We then blend in our own masala chai spice mix - created in London in very small batches to guarantee quality and flavour. Our spice mix is made up from ginger, green cardamom, black pepper, cloves, and cinnamon.
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Returns
The Rare Tea Lady believes that our teas are some of the greatest in the world, and that our range and service are second to none.
In the isolated case that you are not completely satisfied with any tea or teaware you purchase from our website, please get in contact with our customer services team to discuss returning your order.*
In most instances we will give you a full refund of the item’s cost excluding postage. We may ask you to return the item to us. Customers in the European Union have a statutory cooling-off period of fourteen days that is not affected by this guarantee, but any tea pouches much remained sealed for this to be in effect.
*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within two months of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.