Pure Desi masala chai tea blend jar beside a glass of brewed chai, a mathi and a strainer
Pure Desi tea blend with a glass of chai, a plate of mathi and loose blend showing cardamom and rose petals
Pure Desi Tea Blend 125g glass jar with gold lid, small batch and gluten free

Tea Blend – Masala Chai

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$12.90

This is the chai we pour at the counter, put in a jar. Black tea leaves blended in small batches with peppercorn, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel, rose petals and a few threads of saffron. You can see the whole spices through the glass.

Boiled hard with milk the way it is meant to be, it comes out the colour of terracotta. Cardamom and rose come first on the nose, then pepper and clove warm the back of the throat, and there is a faint sweetness from the fennel before any sugar goes in. It holds up to milk instead of disappearing under it.

The perfect cup, straight off the jar: add 10g (two full teaspoons) to 250ml of water, add ginger and sugar to your liking, then add 150ml of milk and let it boil away. Twelve cups to the jar.

What is in it: black tea leaves, peppercorn, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel, rose petals, saffron. Small batch and gluten free, in a 125g glass jar.

For a chai-time gift, pair it with a box of mathi or a slab of besan burfi, which is how it is actually drunk, and everything arrives in one parcel. Bring India home: the kitchen smells of cardamom before the first cup is poured.

Delivery $25anywhere in Australia, for orders up to 4 kg

Pick up freeArndell Park, Kellyville, Woodridge or Campbellfield

In the bag you choose pickup or delivery, then your date.

The perfect cup

Guideline only. The jar is yours to make stronger.

1. Put 250ml of water in a small pan with 10g of the blend (two full teaspoons).

2. Grate in a little fresh ginger and add sugar to your liking. Bring it to a rolling boil.

3. Pour in 150ml of milk. Let it rise, drop the heat, and let it boil away for a minute or two until it turns the colour of terracotta.

4. Strain into a glass and drink it hot. For a pot, scale everything up in the same ratio.

Twelve cups to the jar.

Ingredients: black tea leaves, peppercorn, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel, rose petals, saffron.

Cardamom and rose are the scent that reaches you first. Peppercorn and cloves give the warmth at the back of the throat, cinnamon and fennel add a rounded sweetness under the sugar, and a few threads of saffron are there for colour and depth.

Small batch. Gluten free. Net 125g. Packed by Pure Desi Pty Ltd, 1/6 McCormack St, Arndell Park NSW 2148.

Nutrition information

Servings per package: 12 · Serving size: 10g

Average quantityPer servingPer 100g
Energy24.9kJ249kJ
Protein0.1g0.9g
Fat, total0.3g2.9g
- saturated0g0.1g
Carbohydrate0.4g4.5g
- sugars0.2g2g
Sodium1mg14mg

Values are for the dry blend as packed, before milk and sugar.

  • Keep the lid screwed tight and the jar in a cool, dark cupboard away from the stove. Heat and light take the scent out of the cardamom first.
  • Use a dry spoon every time, because steam from the pan is the enemy of loose tea.
  • Not the fridge.
  • The best-before date is printed on the jar.

PACKAGING: A 125g glass jar with a gold lid, wrapped for transit. Add a free gift note in the cart if it is going to someone else.

DELIVERY: Express courier anywhere in Australia: $25 for orders up to 4 kg, $50 up to 10 kg. You choose pickup or delivery and your date in the bag, and the full total is shown before you pay. Delivery is charged once per order, so a jar added to a sweet order travels in the same parcel.

PICKUP: Free from any of our four stores in Arndell Park, Kellyville, Woodridge or Campbellfield.

Courier partners do not operate on weekends.
Tea Blend – Masala Chai
$12.90