Vanilla Chai Black Tea - 1.64 oz
Bigelow
$3.79
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Bigelow
Vanilla Chai Black Tea - 1.64 oz
Bigelow blends a hand-picked black tea base with real spices and creamy vanilla flavor, then seals every bag in its own foil pouch so the spice blend tastes the same on bag twenty as it does on bag one.
- A warm, spiced cup for a morning routine or an afternoon slow-down — steep 3 to 5 minutes, then add milk and a little sweetener to bring the vanilla forward.
- Individually wrapped foil pouches keep air, moisture, and stray kitchen aromas out, protecting the black tea and spice blend from bag to bag.
- Naturally gluten-free and Kosher certified, fitting easily into a tea shelf without extra label-checking.
Bigelow starts each cup with hand-picked black tea leaves, then blends in real spices and a creamy vanilla flavor to build a vanilla chai that reads warm and rounded rather than one-note sweet.
Each box holds 20 black tea bags, and every bag is individually wrapped in its own foil pouch — sealed against air, moisture, and surrounding aromas so the flavor stays consistent whether you're brewing the first bag or the last.
Steep 3 to 5 minutes in water just off the boil. A splash of milk and a little sweetener bring out the vanilla the way the blend is built to work, and the spice profile holds up well to a slightly longer steep — useful if you get pulled away from the kettle.
Naturally gluten-free and Kosher certified; as a tea made from leaves and spices rather than animal or high-carb ingredients, it fits comfortably into keto and paleo eating patterns. Keep the box in a cool, dry spot away from heat and direct sunlight; the foil pouches handle the job of keeping each bag fresh until you're ready to brew it.
Ingredients: Black Tea, Spices, and Natural and Artificial Flavors (Soy Lecithin).
Common Questions
How does this compare nutritionally to a plain black tea or a generic supermarket chai blend?
A cup of this chai has essentially zero calories, zero sugar, and zero fat when brewed plain, the same baseline as any unsweetened black tea. What sets it apart from a generic bagged chai is the ingredient list: black tea, real spices, and a vanilla flavor built with natural and artificial flavoring plus soy lecithin as an emulsifier, rather than the tea dust and artificial spice powders sometimes used in bulk-bagged blends. The individually foil-wrapped bags also mean the tea at the bottom of the box tastes as fresh as the first one, since each bag is sealed off from air and moisture instead of sitting exposed in a shared paper pouch.
What gives black tea its flavor and any functional effect, and does that hold up in this blend?
Black tea's character comes from theaflavins and thearubigins, compounds formed when the tea leaves are fully oxidized during processing, and these are also the polyphenols associated with black tea's antioxidant activity. Black tea naturally contains caffeine, typically in the range of 40 to 70 milligrams per 8-ounce cup depending on steep time and leaf, and steeping 3 to 5 minutes in water just off the boil is the window that pulls out that caffeine and the theaflavins without over-extracting tannins into bitterness. The added spices and vanilla flavor in this blend sit on top of that black tea base rather than replacing it, so the tea itself is still doing the caffeine and antioxidant work.
Does this fit a keto, paleo, or carnivore diet?
Brewed plain with no milk or sweetener, this tea has zero net carbs, zero protein, and zero fat, which makes it compatible with keto and with carnivore protocols that allow black tea. It's also naturally gluten-free, so it works for anyone avoiding gluten for any reason, not just those following a specific diet. Paleo compatibility is a judgment call: the tea leaves and spices are paleo-friendly, but the natural and artificial flavoring and soy lecithin are processed additives that stricter paleo eaters may choose to skip. If you're adding milk and sweetener to bring out the vanilla, as the blend is designed for, factor those into your daily macros separately since they're not part of the tea itself.
Can this be used in cooking or baking, not just as a hot drink?
Yes. Steeped strong, this chai works as a base for chai-spiced simple syrup for lattes or cocktails, and the same strong-brewed tea can replace some of the liquid in a spice cake, muffin, or rice pudding recipe for a chai flavor without buying separate spices. It also holds up well as iced chai: brew it slightly stronger than you would for hot tea to account for dilution over ice, since the vanilla and spice notes can get lost otherwise. Because the spice profile is built to tolerate a longer steep without turning bitter, it's forgiving if you're using it in a recipe where exact timing is hard to control, like a simmering syrup or a slow-cooked infusion.
What do the certifications on this box actually verify?
The Kosher certification means the product and its ingredients have been reviewed by a certifying body to meet kosher dietary requirements, and the Gluten-Free claim reflects that none of the ingredients, including the black tea, spices, and flavoring, contain wheat, barley, or rye derivatives. The Certified B Corporation status is a third-party audit of the company's overall social and environmental performance, covering things like worker treatment and governance, not a claim about this specific product's ingredients. The Organic and Renewable Energy certifications listed apply at the company or product-line level and are worth checking against the specific product code on the box if you need documentation for a particular claim, since certifications can vary by product within a brand's lineup.
What does it mean that this comes straight from the farm that raised it?
For a tea product, this points to traceability back to the source: the black tea leaves are hand-picked before being blended with the spices and vanilla flavoring, rather than sourced from an anonymous commodity tea supply chain. That traceability is part of why the ingredient list stays short and specific, black tea, spices, and natural and artificial flavors with soy lecithin, instead of a longer list of fillers or anti-caking agents sometimes found in mass-market tea bags. The individually wrapped foil pouches are the other half of that story, preserving whatever quality is picked up at the source all the way until you steep the bag.
Each box holds 20 black tea bags, and every bag is individually wrapped in its own foil pouch — sealed against air, moisture, and surrounding aromas so the flavor stays consistent whether you're brewing the first bag or the last.
Steep 3 to 5 minutes in water just off the boil. A splash of milk and a little sweetener bring out the vanilla the way the blend is built to work, and the spice profile holds up well to a slightly longer steep — useful if you get pulled away from the kettle.
Naturally gluten-free and Kosher certified; as a tea made from leaves and spices rather than animal or high-carb ingredients, it fits comfortably into keto and paleo eating patterns. Keep the box in a cool, dry spot away from heat and direct sunlight; the foil pouches handle the job of keeping each bag fresh until you're ready to brew it.
Ingredients: Black Tea, Spices, and Natural and Artificial Flavors (Soy Lecithin).
Common Questions
How does this compare nutritionally to a plain black tea or a generic supermarket chai blend?
A cup of this chai has essentially zero calories, zero sugar, and zero fat when brewed plain, the same baseline as any unsweetened black tea. What sets it apart from a generic bagged chai is the ingredient list: black tea, real spices, and a vanilla flavor built with natural and artificial flavoring plus soy lecithin as an emulsifier, rather than the tea dust and artificial spice powders sometimes used in bulk-bagged blends. The individually foil-wrapped bags also mean the tea at the bottom of the box tastes as fresh as the first one, since each bag is sealed off from air and moisture instead of sitting exposed in a shared paper pouch.
What gives black tea its flavor and any functional effect, and does that hold up in this blend?
Black tea's character comes from theaflavins and thearubigins, compounds formed when the tea leaves are fully oxidized during processing, and these are also the polyphenols associated with black tea's antioxidant activity. Black tea naturally contains caffeine, typically in the range of 40 to 70 milligrams per 8-ounce cup depending on steep time and leaf, and steeping 3 to 5 minutes in water just off the boil is the window that pulls out that caffeine and the theaflavins without over-extracting tannins into bitterness. The added spices and vanilla flavor in this blend sit on top of that black tea base rather than replacing it, so the tea itself is still doing the caffeine and antioxidant work.
Does this fit a keto, paleo, or carnivore diet?
Brewed plain with no milk or sweetener, this tea has zero net carbs, zero protein, and zero fat, which makes it compatible with keto and with carnivore protocols that allow black tea. It's also naturally gluten-free, so it works for anyone avoiding gluten for any reason, not just those following a specific diet. Paleo compatibility is a judgment call: the tea leaves and spices are paleo-friendly, but the natural and artificial flavoring and soy lecithin are processed additives that stricter paleo eaters may choose to skip. If you're adding milk and sweetener to bring out the vanilla, as the blend is designed for, factor those into your daily macros separately since they're not part of the tea itself.
Can this be used in cooking or baking, not just as a hot drink?
Yes. Steeped strong, this chai works as a base for chai-spiced simple syrup for lattes or cocktails, and the same strong-brewed tea can replace some of the liquid in a spice cake, muffin, or rice pudding recipe for a chai flavor without buying separate spices. It also holds up well as iced chai: brew it slightly stronger than you would for hot tea to account for dilution over ice, since the vanilla and spice notes can get lost otherwise. Because the spice profile is built to tolerate a longer steep without turning bitter, it's forgiving if you're using it in a recipe where exact timing is hard to control, like a simmering syrup or a slow-cooked infusion.
What do the certifications on this box actually verify?
The Kosher certification means the product and its ingredients have been reviewed by a certifying body to meet kosher dietary requirements, and the Gluten-Free claim reflects that none of the ingredients, including the black tea, spices, and flavoring, contain wheat, barley, or rye derivatives. The Certified B Corporation status is a third-party audit of the company's overall social and environmental performance, covering things like worker treatment and governance, not a claim about this specific product's ingredients. The Organic and Renewable Energy certifications listed apply at the company or product-line level and are worth checking against the specific product code on the box if you need documentation for a particular claim, since certifications can vary by product within a brand's lineup.
What does it mean that this comes straight from the farm that raised it?
For a tea product, this points to traceability back to the source: the black tea leaves are hand-picked before being blended with the spices and vanilla flavoring, rather than sourced from an anonymous commodity tea supply chain. That traceability is part of why the ingredient list stays short and specific, black tea, spices, and natural and artificial flavors with soy lecithin, instead of a longer list of fillers or anti-caking agents sometimes found in mass-market tea bags. The individually wrapped foil pouches are the other half of that story, preserving whatever quality is picked up at the source all the way until you steep the bag.
- __Storage_Location:
- Dry
- __Volume:
- 757
- __Owner:
- TCFarm
- __badge:
- Kosher
