Smooth. Balanced. Comforting.
Our Classic Chai is for those who love the gentler, sweeter side of chai. A warm lullaby in a cup. This concentrate brings together organic black tea and freshly ground spices with organic raw sugar, delivering a smooth spice balance, mellow warmth, and soft sweetness.
With ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, fennel, nutmeg, and a subtle hint of white pepper, all blended and brewed with care, Classic Chai delivers a rich, velvety flavour that’s incredibly comforting. Organic black tea and organic raw sugar add warmth and roundness without drowning the spices.
The Craft Behind the Bottle
Classic Chai is made in small batches, brewed slowly so each spice has time to release its warmth and character. The result is a chai concentrate that is comforting yet refined, gentle enough for everyday drinking, but layered enough to savour.
Enjoy it rich with milk (dairy or plant-based) for a classic chai latte, or diluted with hot water for a lighter, tea-forward cup. For an extra moment of indulgence, add a spoonful of sweetened condensed milk and let it melt into the warmth.
This is chai for quiet mornings, slow afternoons and peaceful evenings, a nurturing comfort you’ll return to again and again.
Soft spice. Gentle sweetness. Deep comfort.
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Why choose Hakanoa?
Made by real humans
(Who Love Ginger)
Hakanoa began in a home kitchen with fresh ginger, big ideas, and a love of doing things properly. What started as small-batch brewing for friends grew into a family-run business rooted in real ingredients, traditional methods, and a sense of fun along the way.
Every bottle is still made with care, curiosity, and a hands-on approach — crafted to bring warmth, flavour, and a little joy to everyday rituals.
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Our concentrates & syrups are made here in Auckland. We work with Aromatics in Takanini, using recipes developed originally in Hakanoa Street in Grey Lynn.
All Hakanoa products are pasteurised and safe to be stored at room temperature unopened. Syrups can be stored for 3 years and gingers beers for 2 years before their flavours start to fade. Best in a dark cool cupboard if you have one.
All Hakanoa products are preservative-free. Our concentrates must be refrigerated after opening and used within 3 months.
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Type in your city or suburb and you’ll see all the stockists near you. You’ll pay a bit more and most of them only stock single bottles, but any purchase supports our business and we’re very grateful to those stockists for their custom.
There are a lot of cafes that serve our Chai but don’t necessarily stock our ginger beers as well. To make it easy, we’ve created a category so you can see just the ones that have ginger beer.
You can always ask your local to get our ginger beers in, if they serve our Chai they’re bound to be good people
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