Red Chai - Rooibos tea 100 g - Café du Jour loose tea

Red Chai is Café du Jour's chai with rooibos tea in place of the usual black tea: a red tea base that carries the spices without bringing any caffeine with it. It comes as loose-leaf tea in a 100 g pack.

What is in it

Rooibos first, then cinnamon and cassia bark, cardamom, ginger, cloves and black pepper, with flavouring and natural ginger flavouring rounding the ginger out. It is the classic chai line-up, so the sweet woody spices arrive first and a slow warmth from the ginger and pepper follows behind them. Rooibos is softer and less tannic than black tea, so the cup stays gentle and the spices have more room than they would in a standard chai.

Brewing it

Loose tea gives you the dial. More leaf or a longer steep for a fuller, spicier cup, less for something lighter. Rooibos does not turn bitter the way black tea does when it is left to stand, so an extra few minutes costs you nothing. Good plain, and good with a splash of milk in the chai manner.

At a glance

• Spiced rooibos blend, mild and gentle
• Loose-leaf tea, 100 g pack
• Naturally caffeine-free
• Ingredients: rooibos, cinnamon, cassia bark, cardamom, ginger, black pepper, cloves, flavouring, natural ginger flavouring
• Produced in Germany
• Café du Jour brand