Indian social media users were not pleased with WebMD’s chai latte recipe, with some calling it an abomination.
The recipe causes a stir: WebMD posted the recipe on its Twitter account with the caption, “Learn how to make a chai latte — without the coffee shop price tag.”
The recipe video started off by boiling two cups of water and adding three tea bags, five crushed cardamom pods and three crushed cloves, according to NDTV.
Then, the video took a different turn compared to the “traditional” way of making masala chai when the cook added star anise, cinnamon sticks and a tablespoon of ginger.
But what infuriated Indian Twitter users was the addition of coconut milk and maple syrup.
Not their cup of tea: Many users quickly took jabs at WebMD’s attempt at teaching them how to make their tea.
Dear WebMD, please stop!
This is Cultural appropriation at its lowest. You can’t just wake up one day and rename existing cuisines. Show some respect to get some. Anyway what you made…good luck drinking that shit🤣🤣🤣
I stopped watching at coconut milk.
Stop! The amount of spices you added is just insane, you ought to give just a bit of aroma and flavor to it not dump this whole load of spices in it!
If i ever made chai like this my family is going to literally disown and kick me out.
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