I kept forgetting to go check, but yeah, defo red pepper. I am not a frequent herbal chai enjoyoor so I didn't notice the difference from any I have had before. 
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I am a tea whore, and embarrassingly, I've spent way too much time and money on it ๐
As long as you enjoyed it ๐
We all have our vices ๐. There are a few tea drinkers on here, but the tea chain never took off like the coffee chain. I'm a coffeeholic but I've had a few teas that were really nice when the hubs was in to it ages ago.