Chapter 6: Sugar and Spice

This chapter explores a number of common additives to tea infusions, as well as less familiar ones, including table salt. It considers the structures of natural and artificial sweeteners and how these relate to the sweet taste they impart. The order of addition of milk to infusions is discussed. Chai masala is a decoction of tea and spices and the chemical structures of the key compounds in some of these spices are described.