: a beverage that is a blend of black tea, honey, spices, and milk
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Is there anything more soothing than a hot cup of cocoa or a mug of chai on a chilly winter day?—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026 Over steaming cups of chai and cookies, voters came together to write postcards to other South Asian families in the suburbs, encouraging them to turn out to the polls.—Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026 There’s a Yemeni Latte, with hints of sweetness and spice, and a popular chai.—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026 In Hebrew numerology chai means life and equals 18, so two chai by his math is $36 million.—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chai
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Turkish çay & Russian, Persian, Hindi, & Urdu chay tea