The 170 Year Old Journey of Chai in India
There is barely a person in India who is not fond of chai that is tea. But do you know where did it come from? So let’s talk about the 170 years of Chai in India. The craze of Chai started when a Scottish mandarin smuggled a tea plant from China in 1848, where the Chinese people have been drinking it for around 2,000 years.
Long ago, the value of tea was very high. In 1635, the prices of tea in England were as high as £6 to £10 per pound of the herb (£600 to £1,000, today). Later in 1662, in the wedding of King Charles and Catherine of Braganza, her dowry comprised of a chest of tea, and the island of Bombay for an annual lease of £10, which was then equal to the cost of a pound of tea in England.
However, later by the 18th century, due to certain reasons, the English were not able t...