I’ll never forget the first time I had Chai tea. It hadn’t become “trendy” yet; you couldn’t order it in a boxed concentrate.

This thread at Starbucks Gossip blog, regarding how to make Chai, is fascinating.

One poster mentioned that we’re in a war, and yes, you folks are fighting about whether or not to add water to Chai. Yes, that is amazing.

The way I first had it was in a Bodum tea kettle, with the spices, tea, and honey all added separately into milk.

The last time I had a “Chai latté” at Starbucks, it was lackluster. Something had changed. I wonder if it was a water or no-water variety.

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