Yeah, annoyingly, the place that take this stance do the absolute best pastries in town and I love it there. Oddly the caffeine in chai does not effect me at all (or in coke for that matter) but in tea of coffee something about the other chemical maybe, idk, but I throw up, get incredibly anxious, and generally feel bad for about 12 hours afterwards. At least they didn’t try to pass off the ordinary stuff as decaf which I’ve definitely experienced several times in some places. Guess they hoped I wouldn’t notice - oh boy, I did 
I’d quite like to be more into coffee for that whole routine of brewing it and all that so I know what you mean!
That’s part of what I love about chai is the special pot and the sort of ceremony, but as I have it with barista oat milk it’s like the same calories as a small meal so I’ve had to cut back to pretty much no chai 