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Note that the standard is not for how to make a good tea, but just one suitable for sampling tea leaves (and provide some instructions to do it the same way every time)

Masala is one of the best things I've tasted in my life, and definitely the best tea preparation

How do you make it in India?

Each state, each family, each district, probably has their own version.

The tea can be salty (J&K), incredibly sweet with thickened milk, with spices (cardamom, ginger among others), brewed with bhang (wet cannabis leaf), boiled with milk, leaves spices and sugar at the same time, or with each ingredient added in some specific order..

The possibilities are limited only by one's imagination, and my imagination often falls short of reality. :D

Indian tea or chai is heavily spiced and often boiled in milk instead of steeped in hot water.

They do almost like Frappuccino without modern technologies