My Tea Dips-Part 2

My Tea Dips-Part 2

DIP 2: Masala Tea

I've recently been trying the 'Typhoo' range of black tea and they have been showing a remarkable strength in flavors as well as ingredients and variety.

The Typhoo Tea Limited is an over 100-year-old iconic British brand with a rich heritage stretching back to 1903 when Birmingham grocer John Sumner developed and sold a blend of tea in his shop.

The Tea comes in a price range of Rs 90 to Rs 650. The brand gives a variety of pure as well as infusion teas that suit every mood and every season. Blend it with milk or brew it in water,the flavors just outshine in every experiment and every infusion with the right combinations and the right recipes. 

To know more about the flavors of Typhoo, visit the link ;

 http://www.typhooindia.com

Since we are talking about Masala Chai here, lets not get into the details of the range of green tea or fruit infusions that the brand provides.

All the typhoo masala tea flavors can be made in 2 ways:-

Method 1:-

Brewing with water:-

• Boil a cup of water or just microwave heat it for about 2-3 mins.
•  Add the Typhoo masala tea bag to the cup of boiling water.
• Allow it to steep in the hot water for 3-5 mins
• Before removing the tea bag, dip it 2 to 3 times and remove it from the cup
• Serve steaming hot with a few drops of lemon or pour the tea to the cup with a small cube of dry ginger in it or add 1-2 teaspoons of milk for added flavor.
• Add sugar or artificial sweetener as per your requirement and enjoy the flavorful taste. 
• You can also try adding 2 teaspoons of Pomegranate juice or apple juice and feel the fruity burst along with the ginger freshness. 

Method 2:-

Boiling with milk:-

• Boil a cup of milk with half a cup of water
• Add one and a half to two spoons of Typhoo masala tea and bring it to boil. 
• You can add ginger, pepper,cardamom,cinnamon or basil leaves for added flavour and taste while the tea is boiling.
• Boil it for 3-5 minutes till the tea gets a medium brown colour.
• Add sugar as per your taste.  

 The masala teas that Typhoo has are :-

1)Typhoo Tea Bag Classic Assam Box, 50g - Rs 89 :-

    The tea has a strong flavor of Assam Tea that makes you feel fresh and lively after every sip. The tea can be brewed with water or prepared using milk. Both the ways give you a refreshing flavor and a brilliant strong aroma of fresh Assam Tea. This is a simple and pure flavored tea without any blends in the leafs. 

You can blend it with the following for an added flavor:-

• fresh ginger cubes (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)
• 1-2 cardamom(or elaichi) (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)
• cinamon and cloves (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)
• 3-4 drops of lemon or 1 spoon of lemon zest (for red tea)
• lemon grass(for red tea)
• 1 spoon of orange zest (for red tea)
• 5-7 leaves of basil (or tulsi) (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)

2)Typhoo Ginger Tea, 25 Tea Bags- Rs 195:-

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This tea is the best flavor you can get on a chilled morning or after a tired evening. The tea has a strong aroma and taste of ginger with the spicy flavor of ginger infused in the tea. The tea can be brewed mildly in water or boiled in milk. You can blend it with the following for an added flavor:-

• fresh ginger cubes (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)
• 1-2 cardamom(or elaichi) (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)
• cinamon and cloves (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)
• 3-4 drops of lemon or 1 spoon of lemon zest (for red tea)
• lemon grass(for red tea)
• 1 spoon of orange zest or lemon zest(for red tea)
• 5-7 leaves of basil (or tulsi) (for milk tea/brown tea as well as red tea)

3)Typhoo Cardamom Tea, 25 Tea Bags-Rs 195:-
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The description in the pack reads:Flavouring your daily cup of brew with a taste of exotic spices and fruits. A whiff of this brew’s exhilarating aroma is all it takes to feel your stress ebbing away. Steeped with wellness, this flavored tea is an all-time favorite. 
And indeed it is true. The tea has a fresh flavour of cardamom and gives you the royal taste when brewed with milk. This variant of the Masala chai is a well infused flavor of cardamom in high quality darjeeling tea leaves tingling your taste buds to want more of it. 

4)Typhoo Darjeeling Tea, 25 Tea Bags- Rs 133:-
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The perfect brew for your discerning taste. This, champagne of all teas, has a toasty, muscatel flavor. Handpicked from the himalayan foothills, they are a connoisseur’s choice.The tea is a pure blend of selected tea leaves from the foothills of Himalaya. The flavor is pure and heavenly. The tea can be taken with milk but tastes best when brewed in water. 

All the above flavors by Typhoo are a must try. I would give a 4/5 rating to these as the teas are extremely well blended and have a rich flavor and taste.