You're The Chai and Milk Tea Lover!

You want tea that stands up to milk. That means strong, malty black tea: Assam CTC simmered with ginger, cardamom and milk for masala chai, or the blended black tea pulled through a cloth filter and mixed with evaporated milk for Hong Kong milk tea. Bitterness is fine because dairy rounds it off.

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Your Perfect Tea Match

Type: Black, fully oxidized; CTC or broken grades for milk
Origins: Assam (India), Sri Lanka, Kenya
How to brew: Saucepan: 2 Tbsp chai blend, 1 cup water, 1 cup milk; bring to a boil, simmer 5 min, sweeten, strain
Teas to look for: Assam CTC, Masala chai blend, Hong Kong milk tea blend, Kenyan CTC

Teas picked for The Chai and Milk Tea Lover

Masala Chai
Rishi Tea & Botanicals
$17.50 / 1/4 lbMasala chai (black tea and spices)
Cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, clove
Assam Milk Tea
Red Blossom Tea Company
$25.00 / 100 g (10 sachets)Black tea for milk tea
Honey, stone fruit, vanilla
Khongea Broken Assam
Harney & Sons
$12.00 / 3 oz tinBlack, broken-leaf Assam
Bold, brisk
Assam, Kachibari Village
In Pursuit of Tea
$17.50 / 4 ozBlack, single-farm Assam
Strawberry jam, molasses, smooth

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