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Buying tea in half kilos is a habit worth keeping, because tea is one of the few dry goods that genuinely degrades in an opened pouch. The volatile compounds that make a cup smell like tea rather than like hot brown water start leaving the moment the seal is broken, and a kilo left open for four months has quietly lost most of them.

This is the size for a household of two or three who make chai once or twice a day. Brewing is unchanged from the kilo: a teaspoon a cup, boil, milk, sugar, one more rise. If you are experimenting with masala chai proportions, a 500 gram pouch is the sensible amount to work through while you settle on how much ginger you actually like.

Is the 500 gram blend identical to the 1 kg? Yes, same tea, same grade, only the pack size changes. Choose on how fast your house gets through it, not on quality.

How long does an opened pouch stay good? Sealed tight in a tin, three to four months before the aroma noticeably drops. Left in a folded pouch in a warm kitchen, closer to six weeks.

Heavy chai drinkers should go straight to the full kilo pouch, while the rest of the shelf covers the bagged and instant alternatives. Vegetarian. Keep the pack folded shut or tip it into an airtight tin, because loose tea takes up damp and kitchen smells quickly. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.