Masala Tea is known around the world as a warming spicy drink that combines the delicate texture of milk with the aroma of spices and the benefits of black tea. Some consider it an exotic cherry on the cake of the tea range, others consider it a completely ordinary and everyday pleasure. But in fact, masala is not tea at all. Or rather, not only tea. Initially, masala chai was a classic Asian specialty, but very quickly gained popularity in Europe. The peak of his fame in Asia came in the 60s of the twentieth century, when a new tea processing technology called CTC (crush, tear, curl) was introduced. Unlike classic loose leaf tea, CTC tea is processed by a machine method, which involves cutting the leaf. Most often it is an inexpensive, but high-quality product with a bright taste, and that is why it has become popular both in poor India and beyond. Today, masala tea is known all over the world, it is drunk by Europeans, Asians, Americans and Russians.