History of Chai: From Assam to Pakistani Tea Culture

Historical illustration representing the journey of chai from British colonial tea plantations to becoming Pakistan's national drink

The history of chai is not a simple story in which Britain brought tea to a place that had never seen it. Tea drinking has a much older history in China, while tea plants and local knowledge already existed in Assam before British commercial plantations. Colonial rule then transformed tea into a vast export industry, … Read more