★★★★★
Absolutely recommend if you like a bit of extra spice.
'Masala' means 'blend of spices' and 'chai' is simply 'tea.' Inviting fragrance, invigorating flavor, warm finish.
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Absolutely recommend if you like a bit of extra spice.
My husband and I keep a big container of this stocked in our house at all times since it's such a flavorful chai. This is definitely a go-to essential if you're wanting a flavorful cup. Sometimes I even replace my morning cup of coffee with this chai.
I absolutely love this tea. I will be ordering it again!
Its a great cup of tea, I ve been meaning to try it with some milk but haven t gotten to it yet! love the rich spices
This chai is pretty standard and good. Better with milk but also good with whiskey. :)
A great authentic chai flavor, made even greater with a splash of milk. Cozy and delightful!
It's a nice and spicy tea, but I'm not a huge black tea fan, so this one goes to my fiance.
This might be delicious for some but I personally found the flavor of the cloves overpowering
I bought this for Christmas for my partner (and a little bit for me) and it’s one of the best, most flavourful chai teas I have ever had. It packs a nice spicy, clove-scented punch, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes the warmth of a good chai.
This is my go-to chai. The only reason I haven't bought the largest size available is lack of space in the tea cabinet.
Awesome chai! Great for my Lattes!! I just mix it with agave, vanilla extract, and frothed milk.
Perfect replacement for a TVNA replacement. Might be on the spicy side for tame tongues.
It was exactly as described in the description. i don't always feel that companies are truthful with their description, and Adagio Teas was.
This tea is my absolute favorite. I love this tea first thing in the morning. Add a little milk and sugar and you're set.
Was hoping for a stronger flavor but it's still delicious. The ginger overwhelms the other flavors, though subtle as they are the combination is warm and lovely. I don't usually add anything to my tea but a bit of milk may actually benefit this one and blend the spices together better than they do on their own (and make it a more traditional cup of chai).
Not bad, but I like my chai SPICY and this wasn't it.
Up there with the best masala chai's I've ever had
Good, wish a bit stronger, steep for at least 5 min
This is an all time year round favorite in my house. My whole family loves it. Perfect balance of spices and sweetness. Love it with honey and milk/almond milk. Hot or iced any time of year.
This is a classic Masala Chai and Adagio has done a great job with it. Perfect balance of all of the classic Chai spices.
Too much clove for me. This just tasted like black tea and cloves.
Love this spicy tea! Great flavor. Love it with milk
Has a strong bite, I would recommend this tea to some one who is a fan of hot tamales, fireball, or spicy cinnamon in general
Just a classic, enjoyable chai. Nice spices, and is wonderful for cooking too.
Warming and spicy goes great with honey and oat milk. I got about four or five steeps around 20-30 seconds each. It was great each time
Well balanced and flavorful a great into to chai teas
This tea is yummy and spicy. It's great with milk and sweetener!
My CommuniTEA packet had a lot of cloves so this was a nice spicy chai. I added honey and half and half for the first steep and added Rooibos vanilla chai, half and half and a honey glaze leftover from basting my ham for the second steep. both were delicious!
Considering the strong smell of this blend, I expected a pretty strong flavor and was, therefore, pretty underwhelmed. It wasn't bad, even though I don't like spicy teas and this was pretty heavily spiced, but it just was not for me.
This is a nice basic chai. The addition of warmed milk is an enhancement to this blend.
I'm loving the warm spice flavors during the winter. It is a stronger chai then the others I've tried from the CommuniTea so far. But there definitely wasn't '2 heaping tsp' - the suggested amount for an 8oz serving - in my CommuniTea packet. This made it a bit difficult to try it the way I prefer, sweetened with milk.
Drinking this plain I give it two stars. Adding sugar and cream bumps it up to three stars. For my tastes it is too cinnamon heavy, and the spices combined are so potent that I can't really taste the tea. That said, the fact that it is so spicy makes it hold up well to sugar and cream - but I want to enjoy my tea plain. I have received this several times as a sample, and I haven't really enjoyed it any of the times I've tried it. (reviewed through CommuniTEA; 5 min @ 200F)
A really nice blend, pretty good on spices (I like a lot of cardamom in my chai, but I can add that myself). I like a strong chai, I would say definitely use heaping teaspoons... maybe extra teaspoons.
Too much of the heavier spices. Completely overpowered the black tea, I feel like I M on Dune.
The Masala Chai tea is a good spicy blend of rich flavors that warm your stomach. The ginger adds a light kick, especially as it cools. As a warm cup, no sweetening is necessary unless your looking to smooth out the flavors even more. Then a touch of honey and cream really make this a winner.
Masala chai was perfect for my mood today. Definitely has a kick, which I enjoyed! We've tried a lot of chais and spiced teas through CommuniTEA lately, and this delicious, classic masala chai is now on my top chais list. I could taste all the elements with clove and ginger most forward, the flavors were balanced well, and this cup made me feel a nice mix of cozy and energized! (...and cleared my sinuses a lil bit too!) Delicious with just a little honey, or with honey and vanilla almond milk. The additions accentuate the flavors nicely.
The only downside is that trying this through CommuniTEA, we have only what's in the packet to try. My packet had one level teaspoon, instead of the two heaping spoonfuls to make an 8 oz cup, so I had to make a tiny cup of tea to get full strength. I can't really put that into my rating of the tea, though! Luckily this made a nice second steep, too. (8 mins @212º)
Everything appeared present in my Communitea packet today. This was a nice chai, but not as spicy as I was expecting. I still really enjoyed it though.
I enjoy Masala Chai, and it's one of the few teas I appreciate more after adding milk. The only other chai adagio offers that I may like better is Thai Chai.
I first tried this as some suggested with a little milk. Later I made a large mug with only sugar. Which I am very much enjoying on this cold day. My communiTEA packet had a lot of cloves. However, no one spice overpowered the other. Instead, they blended together to make a smooth, warming cup of tea.
Absolutely a great tea/chai . With added oat milk it was just perfect
I'm not a big black tea drinking. The flavor was good, not to strong, it just wasn't one that I would drink alone. I think it would make a good base or add to a oatmeal cookie recipe.
I love a good strong chai, so I was very happy to see this beautiful tea, lots of lovely spices and a wonderful aroma was noted.
Unfortunately, the sample size was so small and I am aware that I usually use a LOT more tea to make a chai, so I added a large spoonful from my own package of masala chai to supplement the small portion size. I brewed it up and added a small dash of maple syrup and hot frothed milk, and voila- a beautiful chai latte! The taste was absolutely wonderful, smooth, spicy and so satisfying. The only thing I would change about this tea would be to add some additional cardamom flavour as I felt this was a tad weak on that spice, I will actually add a few cardamom pods to my own package. Great chai blend, definitely gets 2 thumbs up from me!
This tea is fairly close in composition to.Constant Comment, though I prefer the latter with it’s inclusion of orange rind. I’ve never been a huge chai drinker (which means this month has been more of a challenge than those prior) but this one isn’t terrible. I find the spices overpower the tea leaves themselves just a bit which CC tends not to do.
Wonderful tea and perfect for a cold winter day. Though to be honest I love a good chai on a hot summer day too. Something about the blend of warming spices and tea that just make it a soothing and satisfying cup.
This is an excellent chai. I brewed it for 10 minutes at 212°F and then added a dollop of milk. Very tasty indeed!
Tried with CommuniTEA. A nice, spicy, classic chai!
Quite good. I added cream and stevia and it warmed me up on this cold winter day. Perfect. 💗💗💗💗💗
This, to me, is the classic chai. Balanced flavors (I often pick on with more of a hit of something else, but the balance is rather superb), great with milk or on its own
This tea is really good for someone who truly loves stronger teas and chai’s. I am a fan of chai teas but I do find it much stronger than what I u would usually go for when reaching for a chai I consider drinkable.
That being said, it’s not bad but freshly brewed for 7 mins yielded a very potent brew even with milk and sugar added. I wouldn’t purchase but would try again with a 3-5 min brew time.
Super assertive with the Spices on a 10 min steep. I frothed it up as a latte but added more milk & honey to tone it down i maybe team Raha oolong too. I think this tea made need practice to know how to prepare it for your liking. I sampled this Tea as part of the CommuniTEA December box. After a month of theses spices I'm a little fatigued.