There’s no one recipe for masala chai. It typically involves a mix of spices — cardamom and ginger are common, but blends can include nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, peppercorns, fennel, mint, and other spices as well.

Javeri Kadri recommends pouring chai into a saucer and sipping

The founder and CEO of Diaspora Co. — a source for some of India’s best, single-origin spices — Sana Javeri Kadri uses ginger, cinnamon, and clove for a recipe she adapted from the