Bibi’s Chai – A Traditional Zanzibar Chai Blend Ujamaa Spice

A Traditional Zanzibar Chai Inspired by Bibi’s Recipe. Our Chai(also knowns as ‘Chai tea’ or ‘Chai Latte’ in the West) is based on Bibi’s recipe and made from organic black tea grown in the  mountains of Tanzania where we can find the countries last remaining rainforest. It is blended together with the most fresh and fragrant organic spices sourced from our Zanzibar partner farms.. In Zanzibari households, dinner is often referred to as ‘Chai’. Though food is of course involved, and varies from day to day, the one constant on nearly every Zanzibari dinner table is the tea.. This is my grandmother (Bibi’s) recipe. Her name was Nuru but we all called her Habibti which translates to ‘loved one’ in Arabic. I hope it evokes within you the same sense of lasting comfort and joy as it has to my family and I for generations.. The spices in this chai blend are sourced from our partner smallhold farmer cooperatives in Zanzibar. The black tea comes from a tea estate high up the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania where they have grown their tea organically for many decades.. We hope you enjoy my grandmother’s interpretation of Zanzibar in a cup.