Top Shelf Chai

A family-run small business based in Melbourne, born from a coffee caravan in 2020 and built on a slightly obsessive love of proper chai.

Today, we handcraft small-batch sticky chai blends using real tea and whole spices. No shortcuts. No dusty powders.

Just the kind of care you can taste in every cup.

Top Shelf AKA Maple Chai

• Mellow. Approachable. Easy Drinking. 
• Tastes like: Mulled wine by the fire, a spoonful of plum pudding, and a slice of Christmas cake—but make it year-round.
• Cost per cup: $2.80 (250g) $2.20 (1kilo)

Too spicy? Too sweet? Yeah… we’ve heard it all. That’s exactly why we crafted Top Shelf—the just-right middle ground for seasoned chai fans and curious first-timers. It’s mellow, it’s smooth, it’s the blend that gets along with everyone.

Built on a high-quality, single estate, large leaf black tea base and gently sweetened with organic maple syrup sourced directly from a family forest in Vermont in the US by our pals at Sap N Tap. This maple chai is all about balance. Not too bold, not too shy—just perfectly spiced harmony in every sip.

This one’s your reliable best mate in a mug.

Chai spice blend (ginger, cloves, dates, star anise, fennel seed, cinnamon, cardamon, Rapadura sugar, pink peppercorns), Maple syrup, Assam black tea.