Pacific Chai is an extraordinary tea latte rich with ginger, honey, cloves and cinnamon. This brand offers 7 unique flavors. You will love the next one even more than the last. "Chai" is simply the Indian word for tea. So the term "chai tea" is technically redundant ("tea tea"). But savvy marketers thought it helpful to tell clueless Americans that chai is in fact, a kind of tea, so the term "chai tea" was born. Anyway, what is it? Chai is a mixture of black tea with spices, specifically cardamom, cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg, star anise, ginger and/or fennel. This is the traditional Indian preparation known properly as "masala chai." It is first brewed as a strong tea, then mixed with equal parts milk. Some commercial chai brands will call their chai "authentic," which is just another claim that it is the "real deal," and not overly adulterated, or Americanized. Another term you may sometimes see here is "spiced chai." Again, this term is redundant. Because all chai is "spiced chai"... if it weren't, it wouldn't be chai!