Love your coffee? Gotta have your lattes and espressos?  Well then, you might need something like this to make life bearable.

You know you want this.  You know….I want this!

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I am not a big fan of chai mix.  Like the instant coffee mixes they seem unnaturally sweet to me and even a little cloying.

When the fantastic people at Ugly Mug sent me coffee to review, they also sent a package of their chai. The kids were ecstatic, they love the stuff.  I was less so.

So I put it off, trying it I mean, even though everyone around me was fighting for it and swooning over their cups.  Read more

 

This is so good, as far as I am concerned anyway.  It makes a great drink to sip in the evening while you watch the sun go down from the porch.  Listen to the crickets, watch the stars come out…all of the goodness of living in the country.

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Is there anything more decadent and luxurious than relaxing by the fire with a favorite book and a cup of chai latte? A soft afghan thrown over you and a quiet house all around? Maybe….but I don’t know what it is.

Try this when you are in that kind of mood…

Chai Latte Recipe

2 cups water

4 heaping teaspoons of loose leaf black tea

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cinnamon sticks

1 tsp grated orange peel

8 whole cloves

4 black peppercorns

1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/8 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

2 cups half and half

Bring the water, sugar, and spices to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. Pour into a tea kettle with an infuser (or be prepared to strain later). Add tea to the infuser and submerge in the water. Allow to steep for 3 -5 minutes. Add vanilla extract.
Meanwhile heat the half and half (or milk) just to a simmer. Pour carefully in blender and blend until frothy.
Strain tea into heated mugs that have been filled halfway with frothed milk. Serves 4.