Masala Chai for the Untamed Dachshund Soul

This is not a polite tea. This is the tea for the wire-haired wild dachshund who wakes up at 5 a.m. ready to conquer the backyard, the couch, and your personal space—in that order.

One sip and you’ll feel the full doxie chaos unleashed: a bold, barking blast of cardamom that grabs you by the collar, black pepper that nips at your heels like a stubborn sausage refusing to come inside, cinnamon that struts with absolute certainty it owns the room, and cloves that dig in like little doxie claws on hardwood floors. Ginger? Oh, that’s the fiery zoomie lap that sends you ricocheting off the furniture. The Assam base is the deep, rumbling chest growl under all that short-legged fury—rich, malty, impossible to ignore.

Serve it traditional style with milk and sugar and it turns into the ultimate velvet-voiced beggar: sweet enough to melt you, spicy enough to keep you on your toes. Drink it straight black and it’s pure, unfiltered dachshund attitude in a mug—intense, aromatic, and absolutely convinced it deserves the entire couch.

Cardamom forward, cracked black pepper, cinnamon bark, ginger fire, clove studs, star anise whisper, robust Assam backbone 

Perfect for the dachshund owner who knows their dog isn’t spicy—life is just calmer when the rest of the world finally catches up to their energy level.

Warning: May cause spontaneous 2 a.m. zoomies.