Liquids · Dried

Black tea

Also called tea leaves, tea bags, chai patti

Dried fermented tea leaves or tea bags; brisk and tannic, brewed for masala chai, used to smoke and marble eggs and in brines and cakes.

VeganVegetarianGluten-freeDairy-free

What can replace it

  • T3 · In a pinchGreen tea

    Grassy and lighter with less tannin and colour; chai and tea eggs come out pale and thin.

  • T3 · In a pinchMatcha

    Grassy and vegetal, no malty tannin; whisk in rather than brew. (use 0.5× the amount)

Cook with Black tea