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Tag Archives: chai
Mountain High Chai: Striking the right balance
In South Asia, the word “chai” just means “tea.” Spiced tea, as we know it, is actually “masala chai.” And what is that? It is black tea mixed with spices including cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and pepper, in many variations. Continue reading
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Chai, chai cookies and … Darjeeling?
As the newest member of the two leaves and a bud team, I’m well aware that the fastest way into the hearts of my new coworkers is with baked goods. So when my first day in the office included a guided tasting of chai teas with Richard, it seemed like a no-brainer to go home and bake some chai sugar cookies. Maybe you’re familiar with chai tea, an Assam tea that’s blended with warm, hearty spices like cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. As it happened, I had a never-been-cracked-open bottle of McCormick’s Gourmet Collection Chai Spice Blend in my pantry, which is a blend of those chai spices that can be used to add that mysterious, spicy quality to cakes, puddings and cookies. So I used the spice company’s recipe for Chai Sugar Cookies, with the intention of pairing it with … Continue reading
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Tagged assam tea, baking, chai, chai latte, chai tea, cookies, darjeeling tea, latte, mountain high chai, recipes, spice
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The Mad Scientist at work!
The holiday aroma is among us here in the office…. Richard is busy mixing and brewing different variations for this year’s new Organic Chai blend. There are bits of cloves, cinnamom, pepper and cardamom blown around by the wind and ground into the carpet! Smells yummy! When brewing up Chai blends with so many ingredients you need to brew up at least two cups each to account for all the size variations and potency of the spicy flavors. It takes many different mixtures and lots of slurping to match up to our current Chai flavor profile! Love all the spicy smells but reminds me too much of winter! Not yet!! It has been in the 80′s and I am not quite ready to start thinking about sitting by the fire with Hot Chai quite yet! The summers up here in … Continue reading
A Christmas Tea Desert: Chai-Poached Apricots and Plums
Why not do something different for Christmas this year, and add Mountain High Chai to your menu? Chai-Poached Apricots and Plums Gourmet More elegant than jam but just as handy, this compote goes with almost everything. Yield: Makes about 4 cups Active Time: 5 min Total Time: 1 hr (includes cooling) ingredients 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 vanilla bean 6 oz dried Angelino plums* (1 1/4 cups) 6 oz dried California apricots** (1 1/4 cups) 2 chai tea bags preparation Combine sugar and 3 cups water in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan. Halve vanilla bean lengthwise with a paring knife and scrape seeds into pan, then add pod. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Add plums and simmer, uncovered, 3 minutes. Add apricots and tea bags and return to a simmer. Cook fruit, gently stirring once … Continue reading
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Tea Focus: Mountain High Chai
“Chai”is a beverage from the Indian subcontinent made by brewing tea with a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs. By itself, chai is merely the generic word for tea in much of the world, but for many English speakers outside those regions, “chai”†is the name that we in the West, have given the Spiced tea which is a daily beverage throughout India. Today, Chai is typically made with black tea and a variety of sweet flavors such as cinnamon and orange peel. two leaves and a bud offers a traditional chai that starts with true Assam tea (not cheap “blending tea”) and adds only the true ingredients of chai: Cinnamon, Clove, and Cardamom. Fabulous with milk and honey!
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