Chai tea and Thai tea as we know it in America are most definitely not the same thing.
Thai iced tea is a strong black tea sometimes spiced with anise that is served sweetened with evaporated milk. It is readily available at any Thai restaurant. Chai tea is redundant as chai is the word for tea in India and many parts of the world. Usually Americans are thinking of Masala Chai when they speak of "chai tea." Masala means spiced. When you go to a coffee shop and order a chai, you're usually served a pre-packaged sweetened spiced black tea blended with milk. When you buy "chai" tea bags in the grocery store you're buying black tea with spices and flavors added. However, if you want a cup of Masala Chai as it is served in India, you want assam tea steeped in milk with your choice of spice added. Traditionally either cardamom or fresh ginger is added to the tea before it is heated, and the tea is sweetened to taste by the consumer. If you're making Masala Chai at home you can experiment with your favorite combination of spices. (consider vanilla, cinnamon, fresh or ground ginger, black peppercorns, whole clove, star anise, nutmeg, and even coriander or allspice)
I usually make my chai with soy milk and cardamom. I grind a few cardamom seeds with a pestle and mortar, add it to loose assam tea leaves in the bottom of a sauce pan. I cover the tea with water and bring to a boil, then I add soy (more soy milk than water) and continue to heat until it is steamy. If you're using regular milk you do not need to add water, just steep the tea leaves in simmering milk for a few minutes (3-5 min). Strain, serve, and sweeten to taste
Tea in Hindi is called "Chai" and Tea leaves are called "Chai Patti"
You can find recipes for Chai Tea at websites such as All Recipes and Chai-Tea dot org. Chai Tea typically requires milk, sugar, tea, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves and ground cardamom.
The litteral translation of tea in Swahili is 'chai'. There are several types of tea such as black tea (chai ya rangi) and tea with milk (chai ya maziwa). The word chai can also be used to signify a mid-morning tea break (usually at around 10:00am).
Much the same as anywhere else.
The Russian word for tea is чай, pronounced chai. It's the same word as what they call spiced tea at Starbucks, but it does not have to be spicy. Russian shares the word chai for tea with Turkish, Persian, Japanese, Hindi and many other languages.
Chamba Chai Spiced Chai latte
First of all the word Chai means tea. I f you are asking whether the spices, milk and sugar that is in tea surved as Chai tea can help you lose weight than the answer is no. Get rid of the milk and sugar.
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Green tea comes from the tea plant, then is withered, steamed for fired, and dried. The finished product after drying is what you brew to make tea. Chai tea is a term for black tea with various (usually indian) spices -- cardamom, cinnamon, and clove are all popular. The black tea is from the tea plant, the leaves are withered, bruised, fermented, and fired or dryed. Then the tea is flavored with the spices to make it into chai. Chai is often served with plenty of milk and sugar. Chamomile tea is technically not tea at all, since all tea comes from the same plant. Chamomile is technially a tisane or infusion. It is simply the buds of the chamomile plant dried and then brewed like tea.
A tea, especially made in India with added spices
Noon chai or salt tea
errr chai tea?