Chai Recipes

Aha my favourite drink has a prestigeous category of its own I have just discovered. This sort of freezing weather brings out the tea-drinker in me. At the moment I have a cup of hot chai sitting next to me while I type. Meaning and a bit of history: ---------------------------------- Chai is simply the Indian (rather Hindi term )for black tea pronounced as cha- ay rhyming with tie. Authentic chai is very different in taste and strength to the normal British cuppa which is much milder . The history of chai can be traced back to the altenative treatment of Ayurveda in which tea was usually used as the base beverage ...  Read the complete review

So what exactly is Chai? Chai is simply the Indian name for tea. Traditionally Masala Chai is made with various ingredients, ginger, pepper and cardamom among them, then milk is added and the tea is sweetened with honey or sugar. Properly made Chai is very sweet, with ginger and cinnamon usually being the most prominent spiced tastes. It sounds truly bizarre and disgusting, a spicy tea loaded with sugar, but properly made Chai tastes totally divine, it doesn’t taste “hot“ as you‘d expect it to, but it does make your belly feel all warm in a way no other hot drink does. Its fantastically warming on winter mornings, and it wakes you right up (as you’d imagine ...  Read the complete review

While I am still waiting for the category manager to add a category for my op Toy Story on Ice, I have discovered this category on Chai on Dooyoo. WHAT IS CHAI? I can just imagine you asking me ‘ What on earth is CHAI?’ Chai is the term used for tea in India. Pronounced as a single syllable and rhymes with 'pie'. It is a type of spiced milk drunk by people in India. You can make Chai in different ways. Before I go into variety of recipes for Chai, I would like to tell you what Chai is made of: • Rich black tea • heavy milk • a combination of various spices • a sweetener ...  Read the complete review