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This article combines a recipe with a brief history of East African chai, emphasizing Kenya and Tanzania, Swahili language, Indian Ocean trade, and the East African habit of simmering tea, milk, and spices together rather than simply steeping tea. | This article combines a recipe with a brief history of East African chai, emphasizing Kenya and Tanzania, Swahili language, Indian Ocean trade, and the East African habit of simmering tea, milk, and spices together rather than simply steeping tea. | ||
=====A Brief History of Chai===== | |||
[https://www.boulderteahouse.com/whats-brewing-tea-blog/2022/8/8/the-history-of-chai | Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse | August 9, 2022] | |||
This readable overview explains that “chai” simply means tea, tracing the word through Hindi and ultimately to Chinese “cha.” It also summarizes how spiced milk tea became popular across the Indian subcontinent and later spread globally. | |||
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