Quala-Tea Week 4: Experimentation

We met up as a group on the Monday between weeks 4 and 5 to experiment with Nela's recipe and attempt to expand the product to further.







We all brought different ingredients to test and Jake bought Nela's Chai tea leaves and liquid chai from the local Moore Wilsons and on the day we made and taste-tested the following products:

Chai Tea/Iced Chai:


Chai Ice-Cream:


Chai Chocolate:




And a variety of Chai cookies including: 

Chocolate chip, Peanut Butter and Chocolate/Nutella:




 The session was very successful. We had created a interesting variety of new Chai based food products that we could now pitch to Nela in terms of expanding her brand. What we needed to delve into next was companies that she could collaborate with.













































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