Lets discuss the amazing cleansing tea found its way to the world and in India and the soon going to be the national drink of India.
Origin of Chai
The word chai actually means tea in Russia and India. It is also known as masala chai, i.e a blend of spices along with black tea, all over the world. Since 5000 years, tea is delighting people in various ways, but earlier it was just used for medicinal purpose. The British East India Company then discovered the camellia Assam tea in India and started cultivating tea plantation locally for their own market .
By 1900, Assam teas took place in Great Britain's heart of tea from India. They were steeped in various spice and created a unique taste of masala chai recipe. Chai is prepared in almost 20,000 variation each with different taste, experience and immense health benefits.
Despite such use of tea, the consumption of tea in India was low. To stimulate chai habit and to grow the consumption rate, the British Tea Association encouraged mines, textiles and factories to introduce tea time or chaitime for their employers. Slowly and steadily, chai became the integral part of everyone's life and the culture today have taken over the life of all the Indians. You will find tapris in each and every corner of the turning of India. A street or a city without a handful of chaiwallahs looses the essence of being a part of India. Even a normal person today drinks minimum 4 cups of chai everyday.
If you are not able to recall the chai-wallahs, you can see a glimpse id chai-wallah in Slumdog Millionaire where Dev Patel as Jamal playing the role of chai-wallah as Jamal for Indian support Centre in Mumbai.
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