Umlando weMasala Chai (aka "Chai Tea")

Ukusuka ku-Ayurvedic Ambrosia kuya ku-Coffeehouse yaseMelika

I '"chai" oyitholayo cishe cishe noma yikuphi ukupheka i-coffeehouse inomlando obuyela emuva ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka. I- ancient " masala chai " (" itiye elicwebekile") inamathele emibhalweni yamakhosi kanye nemithi yamagciwane futhi iguqukile eminyakeni edlule ukufaka ukuhlukahluka okungenakubalwa kanye nesisekelo somhlaba wonke. Lona ngumlando wama-masala chai, kusukela lapho uvela khona imibuso yasendulo yaseNingizimu Asia futhi uqede nendlela oye wafaka ngayo izitolo zekhofi ekhoneni laseMelika.

Umlando Wokuqala

Ngokusho komlando, umlando we-masala chai waqala izinkulungwane zeminyaka edlule enkantolo yasebukhosini yasendulo. Ezinye izinganekwane zithi kudalwe eminyakeni engu-9000 eyedlule, kanti abanye bathi sekuyiminyaka engu-5000 edlule. Abanye bathi inkantolo itholakale kulokho manje e-India, kanti abanye bathi i-masala chai isizinda samaThai. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuthiwa inkosi iyenzile njengesiphuzo sokuhlanza, esiphuthumayo se-Ayurvedic.

Ngaphambi kokuqala, i-masala chai yenziwe ngezinhlobonhlobo zeziqholo futhi yalungiswa ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene. Kwakukhonzwa kushisa noma kubanda njengendlela yokulungisa izifo ezincane. Ngalesi sikhathi, isiphuzo esiphundu-isiphuzo esiphundu esibizwa ngokuthi "masala chai" sasingenayo i-tealeaves futhi yayine- caffeine- ayikhululekile.

Ukufika kweTiye eliMnyama

Ngo-1835, abaseBrithani bamisa itiye e-Assam, e-India. Ama- teas amnyama akhiqizwa lapho ahamba ngendlela eya emasala . Lokhu kubonakala kokuqala kwe-masala chai njengoba siyazi, kuqedile ngezinongo, ubisi, i-sweetener kanye netiyi.

Kodwa-ke, le nhlanganisela yayingenaso isikhalazo esikhulu, njengoba itiye yayiyinhloko yokuthumela ngaphandle futhi yayibiza kakhulu kumaNdiya amaningi.

Ukubaluleka kweMisa eNdiya

Ekuqaleni kwawo-1900, lapho i-Indian Tea Association yaseBrithani iqala ukugqugquzela i-Indian tea ukusetshenziswa eNdiya. Ngenxa yokuthi itiye elimnyama laliyisithako esibi kakhulu, abathengisi basebenzisa ubisi, ushukela nezinongo ukuze bagcine izinhlayiya zabo zibe mnandi ngenkathi begcina izindleko phansi.

Ukuphakama kukaMasala chai kusakazeka.

I-Masala chai yaba yinto ethandwa kakhulu eNdiya ngawo-1960, lapho ukukhiqiza itiye okubizwa ngokuthi "CTC" kwakhiwe itiye elimnyama elingabizi kubantu abaningi baseNdiya. I-CTC (noma i- "Crush, Tear, Curl") itiye ayinakho ama-shaances amaningi anesifiso esikhepheni esingenasiphuzi setiyi, kodwa une-flavour enesibindi, enesinambithe esenza ukuba kube yiphunga elimnandi kumanothi ama-sweet, ahlanzekile nabomuncu ama-masala chai. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, i-CTC masala chai ihlala isitshalo esikhulu ezindaweni eziningi zaseNdiya.

Esifundazweni, abathengisi emigwaqeni nabathengisi bezitimela okuthiwa i- chai wallah s ("abantu betiye", uhlobo olunjenge- barista of chai) bakhonza masala chai emphakathini. I-Chai isetshenziselwa ukwamukela izivakashi ekhaya. Kwezinye izindawo, abantu baphuza cishe izinkomishi ezincane zama-chai ngosuku. Isikhathi esithandwayo se-chai siyisidla sasemuva ntambama cishe ngo-4 ntambama ntambama. Lesi sidlo singabandakanya ukuphatha okunamnandi njenge- samosas , i- pakoras , i- farsan (ukudla okulindelekile kwe-Gujarati) kanye ne-nashta (ukudla okudliwayo kwasekuseni okudla kabili njengezokudla okulula).

Ukusetshenziswa Komhlaba Wonke

Njengoba ukuthandwa kwama-masala chai emhlabeni jikelele kwanda, kanjalo nenani lezinhlobo zazo. Ngokwesibonelo:

E-America, izithako nezindlela zokulungiselela akuzona kuphela ukuhlukahluka. Igama elithi "masala chai" lishintshela " chai " noma "tea tea". "Ngoba" masala chai "lisho" itiye eliphuziweyo "," chai "lisho," nje "itiye.

Okubi nakakhulu, "tea chai" kusho "tea tea". Kodwa-ke, ukusabalala eMelika akuyona into embi kakhulu - amathikithi amaningi akhonza izinga eliphezulu kakhulu, ama-masala chai ahlukumezekile njengoba okulindeleke umthengi wetiyi aqhubeke ekhuphuka.

Eminyakeni yamuva nje, isiphuzo seti chai kanye nesiphuzo se-masala esibizwa ngokuthi i- dirty chai sezithandwa kakhulu ezitolo eziningi zekhofi eNtshonalanga.