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I'm usually pretty pedantic with language (people using "begs the question" instead of "raises the question" raises by blood pressure just a little bit) but will disagree on chai tea. Just because chai means tea in another language, doesn't mean chai tea is redundant the same way ATM machine is.
In English, we've taken the generic word for tea as a loanword and use it to describe a specific type of tea. Like hound dog, or Saharah desert. It's essentially a new word in this context so not redundant. Machine in ATM is the same word as the machine that follows, so that one is at least justifiably something to be pedantic about.
So it would be all right to have chai tea in the Sahara desert?
Only after rafting the Rio Grande River.