today we had a head to head chai faceoff. tazo boxed mix vs this recipe that i found on mary beth's blog at salt and chocolate. she's mentioned it a couple of times and i happened to have all of the ingredients except the condensed milk, so i decided to give it a go today.
let me preface this by saying i've been on a chai mission for quite some time now. becca's mother in law has a "recipe" for chai.. but it has no real measurements. bec just gets a little jar of spices from her once in a while. not easy to recreate. but i've tried all kinds of internet recipes over the last year. 
the boxed tazo wins for ease and overall taste. it tastes justttt like the chai at my favorite DC coffee shop, tryst. wouldn't be surprised at all if that's the mix they use when you order it. a cup there is $3.72. a box of the mix at HEB is $4.99.. and you can make something like 10-12 cups with it.
the website recipe was pretty similar tasting to the tazo brand.. but it just didn't look as nice. and i didn't have ground cloves, so i just threw whole cloves and whole peppercorns in and i fish them out when i make the tea.
it's cheaper, especially if you don't have to buy any of the spices. condensed milk was $2. and it will probably end up making the same amount.
the end :)
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