SOMETHING SWEET FOR TAKEOUT TUESDAY. >> TODAY. YES, WE ARE.
>> NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE TRIED
CHAI TEA BEFORE, BUT TODAY WE
ARE GIVING YOU A CLOSER LOOK TO
THE DRINK AND HOW IT’S BEING
SERVED AT A SPOT IN CANTON.
MICHELLE OLIVER IS HERE WITH
TODAY’S TAKEOUT TUESDAY MENU.
>> GUYS, IT SMELLS GOOD OVER
HERE. AND I LOVE ME SOME CHAI.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CUPS AND CHAI
IN THE HOUSE. THEY SERVE CHAI
TEA IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
WAYS. AND TO TELL US ALL ABOUT
IT, I AM JOINED BY FATHER AND
SON TEAM NOMAN HASSAN AND BILAL
HUSSEIN OR HUSSEIN, I SHOULD SAY
SORRY FROM CUPS AND CHAI IN
CANTON. WELCOME LET’S FIST BUMP.
WE DISCUSSED THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
FIST BUMP. WELL LET’S START WITH
THE BASICS. FIRST OF ALL, FOR
THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT
EXACTLY IS CHAI TEA? BECAUSE I
THINK MOST PEOPLE THINK A CHAI
TEA IS THE THING THEY ORDER AT
STARBUCKS. OR MAYBE BY TAZO FROM
THE GROCERY STORE. BUT THERE’S
SO MUCH MORE TO IT THAN JUST
THAT. SO.
>> SO CHAI, HOW WE MAKE CHAI IS
A SOUTH ASIAN WAY. CHAI IS
BREWING THE TEA LEAVES WITH MILK
TO A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE AND
THEN ADD SOME SOME SPICES TO IT
IF YOU LIKE. ADD SUGAR. AND
THAT’S HOW YOU MAKE THE
TRADITIONAL CHAI. NOW, SOME
PEOPLE USE WATER AND NOW WE’RE
USING MORE AND MORE ALTERNATE
MILKS AS WELL. BUT CHAI IS A
VERY EMOTIONAL DRINK FOR SOUTH
ASIANS. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE SOUTH ASIA, IT’S INDIA,
PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, BHUTAN,
NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, ALL THESE
COUNTRIES, CHAI IS VERY SACRED
FOR THEM. SO THE TASTE OF CHAI,
WHERE DO YOU GO GET THE CHAI AND
HOW DO YOU USE CHAI TO SOCIALLY
NETWORK? THAT’S THE WHOLE DEAL
AROUND CHAI. SO CHAI IS JUST NOT
LIKE A DRINK. YOU DRINK, YOU
MAKE AN AD, YOU DRINK. IT’S THE
WHOLE THING AROUND THE CHAI,
EMOTIONAL HOWELL SOCIAL. AND
THAT’S WHAT THE CHAI IS.
>> VERY COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND I’M
SURE IT VARIES AS WELL ACROSS
THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT
YOU MENTIONED. SPEAKING OF WHICH
, I HEARD YOU DID SOMETHING
PRETTY SPECIAL IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOUR CHAI IS SUPER
AUTHENTIC. TELL US ABOUT THE
TRIP YOU GUYS WENT ON.
>> SO ONE, WHEN WE WENT ON THIS
JOURNEY, WE LOOK AT THE CHAI,
WHICH IS BEING SERVED IN THE
MARKET. AND SO WE WERE ALWAYS
DISAPPOINTED AND SO DOES MANY
OTHER PEOPLE FROM SOUTH ASIA
BECAUSE THEY CAN THEY CAN NEVER
GET THE RIGHT CHAI OR THE CHAI
THAT USED TO GET. SO THIS IS HOW
WE STARTED. SO WE BENCHMARKED
INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH AND
THEN WE ALSO WENT ACROSS THE US
IN THE SEARCH OF THE CHAI AND
HOW TO SERVE THE CHAI OR THIS IS
HOW WE STARTED. NOW THE RECIPE
THAT WE HAVE IS WITH MILK. WE
BOIL MILK TO A CERTAIN
TEMPERATURE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE
THIS GOING RIGHT NOW.
>> SO CAN WE MOVE ON INTO THIS?
THIS IS THE A THIS IS WHAT TYPE
OF CHAI.
>> SO THIS THIS IS A CHAI THAT
WE STARTED A FEW MINUTES AGO
BEFORE THE SHOW.
>> SO NOW WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO
IS ONE OF THE CHAI. SO THREE,
THREE TYPES CHIVES. WE SERVE IN
OUR CAFE. ONE IS CALLED THE
SIGNATURE CHAI SIGNATURE. CHAI
IS THE CHAI THAT WE DRINK AT
HOME. OKAY MILK, CARDAMOM ON AND
A SPECIAL BLEND OF TEA THAT WE
BRING FROM INDIA. IT’S ASSAM TEA
. THEN THE OTHER PART. THE OTHER
TEA IS WE’RE GOING TO TASTE YOU
IS CALLED THE CHAI. NICE. OKAY.
AND A CHAI IS A FUSION BLEND.
BUT THIS CHAI RIGHT NOW IS WE’RE
GOING TO MAKE A MASALA CHAI
RIGHT NOW. SO I’M JUST GOING TO
TURN UP THE HEAT A LITTLE BIT
HERE AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO ADD
SOME MASALA IN THIS CHAI. SO
WE’RE USING CINNAMON TODAY. SO
WE’RE GOING TO ADD CINNAMON. SO
THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO BOIL THESE
SPICES IN THE CHAI.
>> SO IT REALLY PICKS UP, IT
PICKS UP ALL THE FLAVORS.
>> THEN WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE
CARDAMON IN THERE. WE’RE ADDING
CLOVES AND THEN WE’RE ADDING
CINNAMON. SO ALL THESE SPICES
THAT WE ADD TO THE CHAI HAS
MEDICINAL HOWELL AND HEALTH
ADVANTAGES AS WELL. SO THIS IS
THE REASON THAT WE PEOPLE LIKE
THIS CHAI AWESOME.
>> SO WE DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME
LEFT. CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU
GUYS ARE LOCATED AND CAN I ALSO
GET A TASTE OF SOME OF THIS CHAI
ABSOLUTELY.
>> YOU WANT TO GET THAT TASTE
GOING? YEAH. I’M GOING TO LET
EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE
LOCATED ON 43339 JOY ROAD IN
CANTON, MICHIGAN. 48187. AND YOU
CAN FIND US ON INSTAGRAM AT CUPS
AND CHAI AND ON THE WEBSITE AS
WELL, CUPS AND TRICOM.
>> AWESOME AND YOU GUYS I SHOULD
MENTION THEY DON’T JUST HAVE
CHAI TEA. THEY ALSO HAVE THIS
LOVELY FOOD. YOU HAVE
SANDWICHES, WRAPS AND THESE
DRINKS WHICH ARE CALLED MOJITOS.
>> YES.
>> AND THOSE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT
FLAVORS AS WELL. SO CHEERS, GUYS
. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING