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A local chai brand that began to make its debut at events this spring is now available for sale at two local businesses. Kavi’s Chai, created by Bend local Kavi Chokshi, held a kick-off event over the Oct. 29 weekend at both Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe and Turtle Island Coffee, both in downtown Bend. Chokshi started the enterprise to introduce people to a version of chai tea — made with grated ginger, ground cardamom, chai masala spice mix, then mixed with black tea, brown sugar and milk — that is a bit less sweet than the other brands he’s tried outside of his native India. Find more information at kavischai.com.

This article appears in Source Weekly November 2, 2023.

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Local Chai
Maker Begins Public Sales

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 1, 2023

<h1>Local Chai<br /> Maker Begins Public Sales</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 1, 2023</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/lilb1-1-64df7d2685110f5a.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/lilb1-1-64df7d2685110f5a.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-52183" /></a></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">A</span>&nbsp;local chai brand that began to make its debut at events this spring is now available for sale at two local businesses. Kavi's Chai, created by Bend local Kavi Chokshi, held a kick-off event over the Oct. 29 weekend at both <a href="https://dudleysbookshopcafe.com/" target="_blank">Dudley's Bookshop Cafe</a> and <a href="https://turtleislandcoffeeshop.com/" target="_blank">Turtle Island Coffee</a>, both in downtown Bend. Chokshi started the enterprise to introduce people to a version of chai tea — made with grated ginger, ground cardamom, chai masala spice mix, then mixed with black tea, brown sugar and milk — that is a bit less sweet than the other brands he's tried outside of his native India. <b>Find more information at <a href="http://kavischai.com" target="_blank">kavischai.com</a>.</b> </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/local-chai-maker-begins-public-sales-20088263/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=52177&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/local-chai-maker-begins-public-sales-20088263/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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