Well, that's certainly a matter of personal preference. Chai is sort of like a sweet spicy flavor... Kind of the same thing as Cinnamon. There are many variations of the recipe but it typically contains cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, star anise, peppercorn, black tea, and cloves. Yes, you CAN taste the pepper in it.

It is typically drank hot. This is how it was originally drank. It's also popular in latte form (where it is brewed with milk instead of water) which gives it a very interesting taste, like a very smooth sweet spice. It's now getting quite popular to be drank cold, but usually not when brewed with water. It's more often blended into a sort of slushie or milkshake. The cold version is only really popular in the western culture.

If you'd like to try it, my suggestion would be a chai latte. It seems to be the most popular version, especially if your from the US or Canada. I can't imagine the cold version being very tasty, because all the spices used are "warm" (where as spearmint would be a cold spice), but it must be alright because it IS quite common.

It's quite like indian tea if you've ever had that; it's made by basically mixing whatever spices you have with black tea, and it's supposed to be quite good for you.

Here is a little more information if you'd like to read up -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai

Enjoy!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai


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