Our Golden Dragon Chai combines antioxidant-rich organic green tea with anti-inflammatory turmeric, ginger, and cardamom for the perfect one-two punch to boost energy and the immune system.

While chai is traditionally made with black tea (as in our Masala Chai), we love this twist on the original recipe to incorporate another tradition in Indian food culture and medicine: Golden Milk. 

Golden Milk as we know it now from lattes and juice bar offerings is a Westernized version of haldi doodh, literally milk infused with turmeric. Haldi doodh turmeric milk is part of India's ancient tradition of Ayurvedic medicine and is used to help with inflammation and gastric issues. Western adaptations are often infused with some ginger, cardamom, or cinnamon for taste. 

Our Golden Dragon Chai adds green tea to this mix, and Golden Milk enthusiasts can enjoy our green tea chai with milk and honey for a golden milk "latte" with a touch of caffeine and bonus antioxidants!

Tasting Notes

Bold, leonine liquor bursting with bracing notes of green tea paired with the warm and spicy flavors of turmeric, ginger, and cardamom.

Origin & Ingredients

Organic Green Tea, Organic Turmeric, Organic Cardamom, Organic Ginger, Organic Emerald Green Tea, and Organic Black Peppercorns

How to Brew

For tea: Brew 8 grams (~3 tsp) of Golden Dragon Chai in 16 ounces 195° F water for 5 minutes.

For latte concentrate: Brew a ratio of 28 grams tea to 64 ounces (2qts) of water on the stove at a simmer for 90 minutes. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks! Make your latte using a ratio of 2/3 heated or iced concentrate to 1/3 frothed milk.

What is Tea?

Did you know all tea comes from the same plant?!

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How to Brew Tea

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White bags of loose tea on shelves at Saratoga Tea & Honey Co.

Our passion for teas...

We are delighted to be able to share one of the largest and most varied collections of single origin traditional teas on the East Coast with our communi·tea. Personally curated by owner Hayley, these teas come to us from small farms and collectives and represent the best of their terroirs and production styles. While wondering our shelves in-person or online, you will discover familiar favorites like English Breakfast and Long Jing (Dragonwell) alongside rare teas like Shan Lin Xi and herbal tisanes blended for mindfulness, inflammation, and much more.

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& bees...

Raw honey is one of nature's most marvelous gifts. Not only is honey a marvel of energy-giving carbohydrates fortified with antioxidants, minerals and beneficial enzymes - making it the healthiest natural sugar - honey comes in a rainbow of flavors and varieties with something for everyone to appreciate and enjoy. From dark, robust honeys like Buckwheat and Chestnut to light or amber honeys like Tupelo or Orange Blossom, the subtle and sometimes not so subtle flavor differences between varietal honeys lend themselves to extraordinary flavor combinations and experimentation in the kitchen, on the charcuterie board, or in your favorite cup of tea.

all started with our Queen Bee!

A trained chef, Hayley's vision for Saratoga Tea & Honey Co. has been her entire lifetime in the making. Though she was still drinking espresso at the time, the Tea & Honey seeds were planted in the kitchens of Michelin-starred restaurants with training and appreciation for food and beverage as not just sustenance, but experience and hospitality. Her time spent as a chef-instructor at Jacques Pépin's French Culinary Institute introduced her first to matcha (and its ability to enhance sustained and steady focus), then to the subtleties of single-origin traditional teas like high mountain Taiwanese oolong. As a celebrated and awarded taster and master of culinary arts, in 2015 Hayley opened the doors to Saratoga Tea & Honey Co. Since then, she has cultivated a communi·tea for discovering rare and exciting teas, extraordinary raw honeys & unique gifts produced by small farmers and artisans from around the world.