Tapal Tea Bags (80)
€3,99
Eighty tea bags of Tapal’s black blend, the bagged version of the loose 450 gram pouch. One bag per mug, no straining, though it will not give you the same body as leaf boiled in a pan. One unit showing at the time of writing. Same-day delivery across the Utrecht region.
Description
Tea bags arrived late to South Asian kitchens and are still mostly the office and hotel format rather than the home one, because chai made properly involves a pan. Tapal bags exist for the in between moments, the single cup at eleven at night or the one you make at a desk where there is a kettle and nothing else.
Steep one bag in a mug of just boiled water for two minutes, then add milk. If you want something closer to real chai, drop two bags into a small pan with milk and water and bring it to the boil, which extracts far more than a mug ever will. The blend inside is cut finer than the loose leaf so it works through paper in the short time a bag is given.
Is the tea inside the bag the same as the loose Tapal? It is the same house blend but cut finer, because a bag has to give up its colour in two minutes rather than the five a pan allows.
How many bags do I need for a strong cup? Two, if you are used to pan brewed chai. One bag makes a cup closer to English tea strength than to karak.
For chai made the proper way in a pan, buy loose Tapal by the pouch instead, and see tea bags online for the rest of the bagged brands. Vegetarian. Keep the box closed and away from strong smelling spices, because paper bags take up whatever is next to them. 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.
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