Masala Chai is spiced milk tea usually sweetened. Originating from India, Chai is widespread with many household and regional variations.
The folklore surrounding Chai dates back to between 5000 and 9000 years ago to an ancient royal court – either India or Siam. It was said that the reigning king created the recipe as a healing Ayurvedic beverage. Throughout the earlier years Chai was prepared via a diverse range of methods and contained an equally diverse array of spices. Between regions the recipes varied and it was served hot and cold as a remedy for minor ailments, but didn’t contain black tea until the 1930’s.
In 1835 the British East India Company established tea plantations in Assam in an attempt to reverse the overwhelming Chinese monopoly on tea supply to Great Britain. In 1870 approximately 90% of tea consumed in Great Britain was supplied by China but by 1900 this had reduced to 10% largely replaced by tea sourced in India and Ceylon.
From the 1830s black tea was gradually assimilating into the existing Chai spice mix and the beginnings of Chai as we know it now emerged. However the tea spice mix lacked appeal due to the high cost of tea and wasn’t popular until the 1900s when a hardcore campaign by the India Tea Company promoted the provision of ‘tea breaks’ for workers in an attempt to increase tea sales.
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Why for nothing? Maybe comrades of means would become more tactful and mutual aid more active
Nobody here was actually lacking tact in that regard, there were no garish displays of wealth by anyone on this website. People are getting angry at what they saw on reddit and displacing that anger here.
Yeah sorry, it was me. I'll stop yacht posting, I promise. I was just excited to show off the new teak countertops
Sort of, but there are levels to this shit, like person saying I memed 10-100k will gross everybody this side of millionaires, I memed 1k - everyone poor, 100 bucks - precarious housing/medicine wise people or non-rich non-imperial core, for whom 100 bucks is noticeable amount of money.
The only people I saw discussing on this website the amount they had put in was less than $100.
That's the kind of numbers that people are getting extremely upset about and leaving the site over.
Somebody just posted that they went and bought Hitman 3. That's $60! Are we going to start shaming users over this kind of thing? Because if we do, this site is going to become very toxic very quickly.
I’m not shaming, I just keep reminding people they are operating directly in the heart of capitalism, it is being a capitalist. *I think I saw posts in 1k ranges, but not too bothered too look into it.
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I want to be clear that I am not saying this.
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This newly minted phrase grosses me out and I can't even put my finger on why
Because it’s funny in its contradictory nature. Engels the first comrade of means.
Also people of means obfuscating rich bougie fucks nicely