Chat Thread: Chopsticks and teacups

[Bastemhet]

Mmm, apricot cinnamon tea! 4laugh  

[aoijea23487]

True Colours of Destiny

If you have the time occasionally, couldn't you just slip into the class to attend a lecture? I'd assume it's one of those classes where they don't take attendance.

I wish I could, but I have a class at the exact same time. It's environmental science, and I am too much of a tree hugger to skip it for magic time.  

[TeaDidikai]

Bastemhet

Mmm, apricot cinnamon tea! 4laugh

ninja  

[Bastemhet]

TeaDidikai

Bastemhet

Mmm, apricot cinnamon tea! 4laugh

ninja

Actually I wanted to ask, is there a difference between Indian chai and other chai? Or do they basically try to achieve the same thing/have similar ingredients? I ask because I have a blend called Red Bush Chai that's particularly spicy and I'm hesitant to add the condensed milk and sugar if it won't turn out well.  

[Bastemhet]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

Bastemhet

TeaDidikai

Bastemhet

Mmm, apricot cinnamon tea! 4laugh

ninja

Actually I wanted to ask, is there a difference between Indian chai and other chai? Or do they basically try to achieve the same thing/have similar ingredients? I ask because I have a blend called Red Bush Chai that's particularly spicy and I'm hesitant to add the condensed milk and sugar if it won't turn out well.

The question is actually what's the difference between masalas. Chai just means tea. So it's not "Chai Tea", as that's redundant, it's "Masala Chai"

Masalas are different everywhere, and can be used for dessert or savoury dishes, as they're just spice blends. The masalas in Chai usually tend towards spices that the West sees as "dessert spices" - cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom etc, but they can contain other spices, such as peppercorns. The masala in your blend is probably peppercorn and ginger heavy, maybe it even contains chili, but you shouldn't really have a problem with adding milk and sugar. Though condensed milk and sugar, that must be pretty sweet.

Ohhhh! 4laugh Thanks Cel, I learned something new.

And yeah that was a mistake on my part, it would be either milk and sugar or just condensed milk. An Indian friend of mine made hers with the latter. The one I have has: Cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, clove, pepper, orange peel, licorice root, hibiscus flower, and rooibos tea. I just made the apricot cinnamon but now I want to try this too! eek  

[TeaDidikai]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

as it won't go bitter from steeping too long like tea will.

YOU'D BE BITTER TO IF SOMEONE TOSSED YOU INTO HOT WATER AND LEFT YOU THERE! scream

My marsalas for tea-blending include cayenne.  

[Calixti]

I loooove rooibos. I've got a rooibos chocolate blend, and a rooibos rose blend. They're so good. heart  

[TeaDidikai]

Calixti

I loooove rooibos. I've got a rooibos chocolate blend, and a rooibos rose blend. They're so good. heart

We can't be friends anymore. stare  

[Shearaha]

I'm sorry to hear about your Nana Tea. I hope she heals swiftly.

So we decided that inseat of going to Ohiyocon that we would spen all the money we'd saved on a new TV. We got an amazing 42" on sale yesterday for almost 50% off the regular sale price.  

[Calixti]

TeaDidikai

Calixti

I loooove rooibos. I've got a rooibos chocolate blend, and a rooibos rose blend. They're so good. heart

We can't be friends anymore. stare

Doesn't the tin of Earl Grey sitting on my countertop as my go-to tea cancel out my love of rooibos? gonk  

[Bastemhet]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

As a quick note, rooibos isn't tea, it's actually a African legume. However that can have it's advantages, as it won't go bitter from steeping too long like tea will. I don't like the taste as much as tea, but if I want something with more diverse flavourings, I usually like rooibos better. For instance, I have a rooibos blend called "Chocolate truffle." I don't think I'd buy a tea like that.

Yay! More knowledge! Though that's what it said on the canister...?

This is actually pretty interesting. The boyfriend got a tea plant for Christmas, so we're excited to figure out what we can do with it.  

[TeaDidikai]

Calixti

TeaDidikai

Calixti

I loooove rooibos. I've got a rooibos chocolate blend, and a rooibos rose blend. They're so good. heart

We can't be friends anymore. stare

Doesn't the tin of Earl Grey sitting on my countertop as my go-to tea cancel out my love of rooibos? gonk

You have Earl Grey in a ******** sake! Let him out before he suffocates!  

[Calixti]

TeaDidikai

Calixti

TeaDidikai

Calixti

I loooove rooibos. I've got a rooibos chocolate blend, and a rooibos rose blend. They're so good. heart

We can't be friends anymore. stare

Doesn't the tin of Earl Grey sitting on my countertop as my go-to tea cancel out my love of rooibos? gonk

You have Earl Grey in a ******** sake! Let him out before he suffocates!

xd

I must be very easily amused, because your name puns always make me giggle.