masala tea.Masala means “spice”, and chai means “tea”. Therefore, masala chai means tea with spices.There’s a saying that the food in India changes every 100km… but if there’s one thing that ties all Indians together – it’s chai. Chai by itself is essentially a milky cup of tea. And even then, there’s different types of Masala chai such as Kashmiri pink chai, adarak (ginger) chai, masala chai.