Chai Tea – Delicious Any Time
Posted by admin on September 2nd, 2009 filed in Tea
Chai is a great spice milk tea from India that's quickly becoming very popular in the West as people discover it at coffee and tea houses everywhere. The ingredients of chai are said to have healthy benefits. The tea itself is sometimes prepared by boiling loose leaf tea and adding milk, sweetener, and varied spices depending on personal tastes. In India, chai is more well-liked than coffee, and there are plenty of different variations of the tea that has been a staple there for centuries.
Perfect for any time of day, Chai tea can be enjoyed hot, morning or evening, summer or winter. There are instant chai mixes and chai concentrates that just need milk to be added.
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For vegans or the lactose intolerant, soy milk is a great substitute for the whole milk and cream that conventional chai tea recipes call for.
Low fat versions are also popular for anyone looking to circumvent the additional calories. The commonest methodology of making chai tea is to boil water with sugar, molasses, or honey with a number of spices including cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, star anise, peppercorn, cloves, nutmeg, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, licorice, or saffron, and then add the tea and milk / soy / cream and cook a bit longer. Then you simply strain and serve.
The secret to making good tea is to leave the tea leaves in the hot water long enough, but not so long that the tea becomes bitter. If you are a little gun shy, check out the dry mix instant chai tea that you can keep available for those all too frequent chai tea emergencies. It also makes a great present for any tea lover.
It isn't difficult to find lots of great recipes online, including standard chai, and other fast and easy varieties of spiced chai tea that you can make at home. Odie.org features recipes picked up from all over the world, as well as chai brewing hints and tips, and a chai ingredient thesaurus. If you are in a rush and are too busy to whip up your own, Starbucks features a mouth watering Tazo chai tea latte, which is a steamed mix of rare black teas, milk, exotic spices and comforting vanilla.
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