Best of Canberra - Chai

sandog said :

Chai doesn’t require any special machine, technique, blend or narrative of self discovery a la Real Chai (which is the most insipid thing I’ve ever tasted).
In India they’ll be using the equivalent of bushels.
Mums recipe, 1 tea bag, half a mug water add a cardamon pod and a couple of cloves , bring it to boil, add full cream milk (use less water if you using light), bring to boil again, when it rises, put it on a low heat and then when it rises again your done. bonus points if you want to use cinnamon, ginger. Add sugar and your done. save yourself $4.5 and impress your friends with your culinary wizadry.

Exactly ! Can’t believe this barista stuff…hundreds of million of Indian women have been making it daily for nearly 200 years and it’s so cheap and easy. Strong black cheap tea just this side of bitter, spices, a glug of condensed milk and a stirring pot over a fire. They’d probably call that “artisan” these days if anybody wants to set up a stall and charge 5 bucks a cup 😉

The best Chai Tea would have to be from Adore Tea.

As soon as you add milk it becomes a Chai Latte.

Best chai in a cafe = Cupping Room or Mocan and Green Grout

Autolyse has a delicious chai 🙂 and 80/20 have a nice 9 spice chai late too

+1 for the Real Chai stand at the EPIC Farmers’ Markets.

I don’t buy many hot drinks from cafes as I usually make my own at home, but I have enjoyed the (powdered) chai latte from the Belconnen Labor Club in the past.

I don’t buy drinks from cafes often (I make them myself at home) but the Labor Club in Belconnen does a great (powdered) chai latte

Chai doesn’t require any special machine, technique, blend or narrative of self discovery a la Real Chai (which is the most insipid thing I’ve ever tasted).
In India they’ll be using the equivalent of bushels.
Mums recipe, 1 tea bag, half a mug water add a cardamon pod and a couple of cloves , bring it to boil, add full cream milk (use less water if you using light), bring to boil again, when it rises, put it on a low heat and then when it rises again your done. bonus points if you want to use cinnamon, ginger. Add sugar and your done. save yourself $4.5 and impress your friends with your culinary wizadry.

I drink a lot of chai, as coffee has decided it doesn’t agree with me 🙁 Most places serve something abominable and way too sweet. However, the cafe at the Canberra Museum and Gallery serves a wonderful brew, again using Real Chai, but it’s made by a barista who knows what he is doing. Makes all the difference. Beess and Co at Yarralumla do a lovely cafetiere of chai with honey on the side (not a latte, but still…) If you do favour the powdered kind, then I suggest a cafe which uses Bondi Chai. It’s not quite as sweet as some, and it’s much lower in fat than most. Some cafes which use it are Sakeena’s at Coolemon Court and Yala (?) cafe at CIT Reid. The latter brews it rather well and was the first place I tried Bondi Chai.

But the CMAG one is the real standout for a good chai latte.

Tara490 said :

There is a stall at the Farmers Markets that has the best Chai! Not sure of their name..

I think that’s the Real Chai stall – that’s the only chai stall I can think of out there. They have my vote too.