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I love hot chai tea with creamer. Better than coffee imo. I also make Jamaica with sugar. It is supposed to lower blood pressure.
I bought a tea set and tried to get into chinese tea and I hate it. The loose tea is good quality, the tea cups are excellent but even with sugar, I don't like it.
Chai, not chai tea. Fuck Starbucks.
Naan, not naan bread. You don't say baguette bread or croissant bread, do you?
Dosa, not rice crepe - dosa is not just rice, it can be made with millets or even lentils.
xyz masala, not just Masalaβ’. There's so many variations, like chaat, sambhar, garam, tikka, kolhapuri, etc.
Chutney, not coconut sauce.
Samosa, not mimosa. What the fuck is with the last one?
I'm going to be saying samosa under my breath like I'm correcting someone every time they say mimosa now. To notch humor. Made me laugh out loud.
Chai tea in English refers to a generally similar blend of spiced tea. Stop pretending to be an idiot and not understanding that. You're not smarter than other people for knowing trivial information about the origin of an adopted word.
Chai tea? Chai is tea...
Most of the English-speaking world has come to know the word "chai" as a specific blend of spices, rather than recognize the word "chai" as a translation of the word "tea." Which means now, in several countries, "chai" means a blend of cardamom, cinnamon, clove, ginger, and allspice. Give or take some other herbs.
So if you go to a restaurant in the US, for example, and you ask for "tea," you'll get plain tea. If you ask for chai, you'll get tea with those spices.
Sort of how "pumpkin spice" is a mix of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice and nutmeg.
Realistically it should've been called "masala tea", but oh well.
Youβre just saying tea tea
With... creamer?!
Isn't that like a powdered milk substitute or something?