Gray Duck Chai

This is a Minneapolis brand that I’d thought I’d try since I’ll be moving near there soon and saw it mentioned a few times on food websites. I usually make my own but I occasionally pick up chai concentrate to have when I’m in a hurry or when I want something for work. I did the half shaken mix and half heated milk (whole dairy)as in the instructions. It was heavy on the ginger with a clove aftertaste and a bit of cinnamon. It was pretty weak on the tea front, but then again that’s pretty common with these concentrates and with pre-prepared black tea in general. In the end I’m not sure if the flavor really justifies paying more for this than the Tazo or oregan chai concentrates since it ends up with the same generic “chai latte” flavor. I kind of regret not getting the other flavor: burnt sugar and ginger. It might be interesting enough to separate it from the others.

I should really try making my own chai concentrate and keeping it in the fridge.