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Chai colour, ranging from golden caramel to reddish-brown, depends on tea-to-milk ratios and brewing time.
The Tea Board of India is tackling tea adulteration nationwide with awareness campaigns, stricter enforcement, and consumer education, as adulteration networks shift to urban blending units.
After 35 years, MK Mohanan closed his tea stall, a venture that funded his daughters' global careers in Ireland, Saudi Arabia, and Canada, leaving a legacy of perseverance.
The thread that attaches the teabag to the tag should only be made using cotton.
Tea prices in Kerala have tripled over 25 years due to rising ingredient and labour costs, transforming tea shops into modern eateries with diverse, often pricier, flavoured options.
The couple, aged 72 and 65, fund their extensive travels, including foreign trips, from their modest earnings.
Achieving the perfect chai is about balance, not rigid measurements. The ideal starting point involves a one-to-one ratio of water to milk, with dust tea providing strength and flavour, and spices supporting rather than overpowering the tea's essence.
Da Hong Pao, a tea from China's Wuyi Mountains, is one of the world's rarest and most expensive beverages, with a single cup costing thousands of dollars. Its legend and extraordinary value stem from a historic tea theft and the ultimate retirement of its original mother bushes.
The method you choose can dramatically impact the flavour, strength, and creaminess of your chai.
Tea rescued mothers from the worry of how to feed milk to finicky children. Lactose intolerance was then unheard of, and we were raised on milk and some more milk, the high point being entering the milk kiosk near Edapally for a cool bottle of flavoured milk.
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