VADHAM Darjeeling Loose Leaf Masala Chai Tea

You may have noticed by now that I love tea.

Most of all, I love chai spiced tea.

 LOVE.

If there is a variation that exists, I have tried it. Dandelion chai, vanilla chai, pumpkin chai, rooibos chai, Oprah chai. You name it and tack "chai" at the end, I've tried it. So when I was given the opportunity to try this green, loose-leaf chai at a serious discount in exchange for a review, I was IN.

 I know that for the most part, I've been lucky in that most of the things I've gotten to review have been really great. I mean, stretch marks magic oil, The Stone Bearers book, the coffee pourover thing, and an AMAZING bamboo bath sheet which I will blog about soon.

I don't write posts on everything I review, but they almost always end up on my Instagram page, along with my cosplay and makeup attempts. So, here's a little bit of the description on Amazon:

• PREMIUM SPICED ORGANIC MASALA CHAI TEA: Our delicious Indian Masala Chai Green Tea is grown and harvested in the pristine mountains of India. This organic and pure Darjeeling loose-leaf tea combines potent Indian spices to create a healthy tea designed to promote calmness, reduce stress and leave you feeling amazing. Unlike other Masala Chai mixes, powders or concentrates, our pure tea is made using the finest ingredients to create a potent blend of tea with health promoting antioxidants.
• POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANTS AND HEALTH BENEFITS: Masala Chai Loose Leaf Tea has been used for centuries in Ayruvedic medicine to help maintain dental health, relieve stress, improve sleep and to detoxify the body by flushing out toxins. Our Masala Chai tea is chock full of health promoting antioxidants that help cleanse your body and improve your health. Enjoy a delicious cup of our Masala Chai tea to help regain your energy and vitality
• DELICIOUS TASTING PURE DARJEELING TEA: As soon as you open up our Loose Leaf Masala Chai tea, you will notice a fresh and aromatic smell. You can brew our organic Masala Chai loose leaf tea or put it in a reusable K Cup. The spiced green tea is 100% Pure Organic Darjeeling Tea with rare Indian spices and safe to drink on a daily basis. We manufacture our tea in small quantity in order to ensure freshness, quality and aroma.

Sounded good to me! So I ordered it, it arrived in 2 days with Prime shipping and I immediately had to try some out.

 I have found my new favorite chai.

In addition to quick shipping and great packaging, the bag itself is resealable. So no tea tin or ziplock baggies required! (Unlike Teavana teas that cost $50 an ounce and come in a paper bag.... Yes, I'm slightly exaggerating the prices...)

The tea smells and looks great, and it works nicely in a tea ball with looser mesh or the kind with holes instead of mesh without falling out into the cup. (Unlike Teavana tea, and also Adagio and many other loose leaf brands.) Any chance to use my floating flower tea balls makes my tea happier!

 It tastes amazing! The spices are well blended, they are strong without being overdone, unbalanced or waxy (unlike Teavanna's chai teas, which have some kind of weird waxy feel/taste to me. Not that it stops me from enjoying them completely).

Most bagged chai varieties I've tried are weak. Stash, which makes lovely teas has a vanilla chai that is ridiculously bland. I combined it with a plain dandelion tea to enhance the flavor. Same with Tazo, I enjoy most of their tea but without additions, the chai varieties I've tried fall flat. I was a little hesitant about the green tea base, but this is absolutely my favorite chai.

 When I drink chai at home, I don't add milk or sugar (I typically don't do this with any tea or coffee, because I've got other things to do in the mornings. Like deal with toddlers.)  Speaking of which, the only thing that I think is worth mentioning is that since this is a green tea base, it will get bitter faster than black tea would. I've been distracted and come back to bitter tea a couple of times. If I was smarter, I'd set a timer, but I usually drink it in the morning when I'm too tired for logic.

 Overall, this is my new favorite morning beverage. I love this chai. And the price is pretty darn good, too. If you'd like to get some yourself, you can find it on Amazon here. I know that I swung a lot of hate at Teavanna in this post, but I do really like Teavanna. my favorites are the Samurai chai/Maharaja Chai Oolong blend, the Youthberry blend and their almond something or other tea. When I was pregnant I tried basically every rooibos and herbal tea they had.

 As my husband says, we're "beverage people" and if you like your chai to tell you what's in it and when it was made, to be strong enough to handle milk and sugar or not, and to stay inside your manatea or flower or people tea balls, or your fancy ceramic infuser cup, this is a great candidate. And the price is great! When I run out, I'll replace it with their chai sampler pack and see if this one remains my favorite.

 I received this product for free or at a discount in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine. This post contains affiliate links.