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Originally Posted by bns666
hm not quite marketing stunt, indian chai means blend of tea and spices, while cha in chinese means dried and processed leaves of camelia sinensis plant. however around the world word chai is commonly used for both.
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Indian chai = Indian tea.
Tea = chai
Tea is English word (also te and many similars in differenty languages) for it.
Chai is Indian word (also many similars in many other languages) for it.
Trying to imply that they are different would be like taking any English word for X, translating it into Indian and then claiming that that Indian word means "special X" or "indian X"...
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Originally Posted by woj
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masala_chai
"Masala chai (/tʃɑːɪ/; Hindi: मसाला चाय, literally "mixed-spice tea"; Urdu: مصالحہ چائے) is a flavoured tea beverage made by brewing black tea with a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs.
Alternative names: Chai, Spiced tea"
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Again. Masala chai = masala tea because tea = chai. These are the same word in different languages, nothing more than that.