Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2009

This was my first attempt at making any chai tea mix, and it is wonderful! It's much better than the mixes that I've boughten. Will definitely be making this again.

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Sally

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2009

I found this to have an unpleasant powdered milk aftertaste. Perhaps I'm just sensitive to that particular flavor because my mom used to give me powdered milk when I was a kid and I HATED it. If I made this again, I would either replace the milk with creamer or make sure I was using fresh powdered milk. My Indian boyfriend has taught me to like spicy, strong chai. To make this palatable to him and me, I doubled the spices (including the allspice, nutmeg, and pepper) and added between 1/2 and 3/4 cup extra instant tea. It's still very sweet, but now it has a little more kick.

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Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2009

Delicious! My husband and I both loved this mix. I did reduce the amount of sugar to 1 cup and added the extra spices as we like it spicy. Thanks for a great recipe!

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

turned out great and did mostly the same, until the spices: 1 cup milk, 1 cup creamer, 2 cups vanilla creamer, 2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cups instant tea ******spices******** 2 tea Ginger, 2 tea Cinnamon, 1 tea Cloves, 1 tea Cardamom, 1 tea Coriander, 1 tea Allspice, 1 tea Nutmeg.... Made about a double batch. You do not need to grind everything. Just the spices, as finely as possible. Everything else is designed to dissolve in water. F-ing addictive. Only problem is the spices that settle on the bottom. Anyone know how to make tea bags?

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iamontheinternet

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2009

Yum!! I've tried quite a few home made drink mixes, and this one is by far the best! Like other reviewers, I only used 1 1/2 cups sugar and I reduced the cardamom to 3/4 tsp. I think it is perfect!

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Jennifer

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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2009

Spectacular! Hubby and I have really missed the delicious chai at our favorite Indian restaurant since we moved out of state. While this chai isn't perfect, it's pretty darn close. I love the smell/taste of the cardamom and feel it is an essential ingredient. I priced out this recipe very explicitly using my kitchen scale and exact cost of ingredients. The ingredients minus spices were $3.96. Allowing $1-2 for the spices, the maximum price of this recipe was $6 (a previous review stating $17 was either highly exaggerated, or the reviewer was paying a whole lot for ingredients).

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ThrenJen

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Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2009

The taste was good. I used splenda 1 1/2 cups. I just couldn't get past the sediment of the spices. I blended everything through a blender until it was fine, but still ended up with residue.

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Janet

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Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2009

I love chai tea it's my fave and I was excited to find a chai tea mix. I made it today and tried it. It was good but I think it had to much cream when I make it again I will cut down on some of creamers. I haven't tried it with milk perhaps that might make it taste better. All in all still a keeper :)

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Heidi

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Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2009

I found cardamom in the bulk spice section for a lot less $ .50 for 5 Tbls. This recipe is delicious. I made it with vanilla extract and omitted the instant tea and mix it with black tea or green tea.

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2009

I like the flavor lots just the way it is, but there is way too much sugar in it for my liking (and I like my regular tea sweet) I think that I will cut the sugar down by a whole cup next time and add more from there if I think it needs it. I will make it again, though!

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2009

I have made this tea mix every winter for several years. I make a huge batch and give it away as gifts at Christmas time. If you want to make a low fat sugar free version using Splenda and lo fat or sugar free versions of the creamers it still turns out fantastic!

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Reviewed: Oct. 9, 2009

This recipe is fabulous. With snow falling outside and the temperture in the 30 degree range for the day, this tea just warms the body. I mixed up a recipe today, following the suggestions above the recipe. I also added a 1 1/2 teaspoons of pumpkin spice since the coffee shop I visit has a chai that tastes like "pumpkin pie in a cup". Thank you for sharing this recipe. I no longer have to pay $4 for a mug of chia.

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BOLTONLANE

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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2009

Added two cups of crushed ice and two cups of milk and mixed in a blinder with 18 heeping tsp of the mixture . Next time i will probably put 1/2 the amount of cloves

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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2009

Excellent. I am enjoying some right now. I didn't have 2 tsp ginger, so used only one. I did add the cardamom, nutmeg and white pepper as suggested, and also used 1 1/2 cups splenda instead of sugar. It is tasty! Not quite as creamy as some, but I'm guessing if I made it with milk, it would be more so...however more caloric as well. Great recipe!

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Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2009

FANTASTIC!!! I was in love with Tastefully Simple Chai Tea Mix, but that could break the bank in a hurry, so I searched for a recipe that would be similiar and this is better! Instead of buying two different creamers I used two cups of the French Vanilla (sugar free) creamer.

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Tracie

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Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2009

My pregnancy craving the past few weeks has been chai tea, but it was getting really expensive to keep buying it at the coffee shop. I decided to try this mix and it's WONDERFUL! The only thing I omitted was the cardamon and I didn't notice a difference. I'm so excited to have found this recipe! I will be enjoying chai tea a lot more often now, and can't wait to serve it to my friends!

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009

I really liked this chai recipe, but I found the spices to be a little expensive to continue to make the recipe. Luckily I found that McCormick made a Chai spice blend that I could get at my grocery store. So in the recipe I make now, I replaced the spices with 2 tbps of the Chai blend. I find it works very well, and can make the recipe a lot cheaper!

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Reviewed: Sep. 10, 2009

This is a very top quality chai tea mix! You get ALOT of mix for the cost of everything. 36 servings for about ~$17 compared to $4.50 a cup at a local coffee shop. I wouldnt change a thing.

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Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2009

Very good! It makes a refreshing drink served iced on a hot summer day. I substituted soy mild powder for regular milk powder and I thought it tasted just as good!

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