Ryan Shank visits The Chai Spot in NYC and orders a traditional oat-milk cinnamon chai. The shop has been open seven years, and the barista has been making chai for three. Ryan rates it 9.6 out of 10, praising the milky texture and perfect cinnamon balance.
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let's go get the best chai tea in New York City. Now I'm going to a place called The Chai Spot. You guys vlogging?
Not really, it's like, uh, history video about Lombardis.
Oh nice. I'm going to do a chai review right now.
Are you?
Yeah. I guess this doesn't fit into vlogging cuz it's like—
anything can be vlogging. I love that you're sidestepping.
This is honestly my new motto, right? We are at The Chai Spot. We're going to go try— we're going to go try chai. Let's go. Oh, this place is sweet. Can I get a chai tea? Yeah, which one? No saffron.
Traditional. None of my teas have saffron. Okay. Traditional. Can I get oat milk? The cinnamon ocha?
Yeah, cinnamon ocha.
Okay. Oh, sweet.
Is that—
different chais that I make throughout the day.
Dude, this is sick.
So like, this is like the iced chai. I make it in big gallon buckets. Earlier I had made one just for someone. Yo, this is awesome.
This is crazy awesome. Sweet, thank you. I'll go— I'll just go sit in here.
If you want to sit in the back area, because the back area is really nice too, you're gonna take off your shoes for that, okay?
Okay, okay. Thank you. Thank you. Do I take the whole tray? Yeah, and the cookies are for me, okay? They're good with the chai. Oh my God, how long you guys been here?
Oh, about 7 years.
7 years? Yeah. How long have you been here? 4. 4? This place is awesome.
I've been making the chai for 3 years.
Damn, you're amazing. Thank you so much.
No problem. Anything else, let me know, okay?
I appreciate it. Oh my God, almost dropped my chai. I'm gonna go outside for the review. Here's the review. I was in the back, crazy area. You take off your shoes, very loungy, very like— I think I'm in Chinatown, by the way. It's like, I'm like in a different language. I got to be in China. I feel like I was just in like Soho or— no, it tastes so milky, like the most perfect amount of cinnamon. This is the best chai I've ever had. Look at this little sleeve. Look at the sleeve. That is so cute. 9.6, like
