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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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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Joie

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Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2009

Definitely delicious and makes a great gift! The spices can be easily adjusted to fit your personal taste.

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Reviewed: Aug. 22, 2009

I made this for my Mother in law at Christmas time and she now asks for it all year long....it is time to make some more! LOL!!

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Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2009

WOW~this is REALLY tasty! It makes a bunch so I gave some away to friends. They all raved about it. My hubby and I are trying to replace coffee w/this. I think after trying this recipe, we won't have a problem! Good mixed in water but even better mixed in milk!

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