Finally a Kashmiri Chai from DAVIDsTEA. I’ve been obsessed with the stuff ever since taking my first sip of Remedy Cafe’s nearly seven years ago. Steeps’, another local company, loose leaf version didn’t quite cut the mustard but going from the scent of the dry leaf alone, this seems a little more promising.
I’ve had this a few times now, with coconut milk and sugar, without anything, with some half and half, and of course, I’m liking it the best with a touch of half and half and sugar. I purposely made the last cup the strongest, using the last 12g (although I was expecting more like 8g to be leftover in my bag so for me, this is really being luxurious) in my Nordic mug and let it steep for approximately six minutes.
The two most prominent spices are the cinnamon and cardamom, followed by the clove, and maybe a hint of ginger, but I get no nutmeg. The first two are quite powerful, constantly struggling to claim first place and the clove is at a distant third.
This is good but I’m not sure if I’d keep it stocked in my cupboard. Maybe I should get more though and experiment more with steeping parameters. Perhaps with the right parameters, and ratios of milk and sweetener, this could be wonderful. If I do get more, I should pick up some star anise to add to this since Remedy’s version is heavy on the anise, which I love.
A very valiant attempt, DT.
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I was almost upsold to try this one while at DavidsTea on my lunch break due to the sales lady mentioning the comparison to Remedy’s version, but I wasn’t in a chai mood haha :)
It’s funny that she compared it to Remedy’s because when I asked the sales associate if it at all compares to Remedy’s, she said she never knew about theirs. Like whaaaa? Your store is merely a couple blocks away from one of their locations!
Haha weird, were you at the Whyte Ave location? I was in Kingsway, was not impressed with the ridiculous amount of upselling..ended up with a bit more tea than I wanted and I was pretty firm about amounts and what I did want. Ugh, I hope they don’t all end up like that!
Yeah, Whyte Ave! They’ve been annoying with upselling as of late too. Too bad Kingsway is like that too. I’ve had better luck at Southgate, at least.
Yes Southgate is my usual haunt and they were good the last time I went, I will not be returning to the Kingsway one unfortunately it really annoyed me :(
I smelled this recently, and picked some up today. I’m glad you said it was fine with half and half, as I was not sure if the base would handle the dairy or not. I have milk, but not half and half…still, ought to be ok, I think.
I was almost upsold to try this one while at DavidsTea on my lunch break due to the sales lady mentioning the comparison to Remedy’s version, but I wasn’t in a chai mood haha :)
It’s funny that she compared it to Remedy’s because when I asked the sales associate if it at all compares to Remedy’s, she said she never knew about theirs. Like whaaaa? Your store is merely a couple blocks away from one of their locations!
Haha weird, were you at the Whyte Ave location? I was in Kingsway, was not impressed with the ridiculous amount of upselling..ended up with a bit more tea than I wanted and I was pretty firm about amounts and what I did want. Ugh, I hope they don’t all end up like that!
Yeah, Whyte Ave! They’ve been annoying with upselling as of late too. Too bad Kingsway is like that too. I’ve had better luck at Southgate, at least.
Yes Southgate is my usual haunt and they were good the last time I went, I will not be returning to the Kingsway one unfortunately it really annoyed me :(
I smelled this recently, and picked some up today. I’m glad you said it was fine with half and half, as I was not sure if the base would handle the dairy or not. I have milk, but not half and half…still, ought to be ok, I think.