Guwahati, May 29 -- Reported by Roopak Goswami

Guwahati: India's tea culture has received global recognition after food and travel platform TasteAtlas ranked chai masala as the world's best tea, while placing Darjeeling tea and Assam tea among the top-rated teas globally.

In its latest "Top 100 Teas in the World" rankings released this month, TasteAtlas placed India's iconic chai masala in the top spot, describing the spiced beverage as one of the country's most distinctive tea traditions rooted in history, flavour, and everyday culture.

According to TasteAtlas, chai masala is made by brewing black tea with milk and a blend of spices such as cardamom, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and black pepper.

While spice combinations vary across reg...