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December 21, 2010

Hot Chocolate Chai for a Cold Winter's Night

Looking for a fun drink for a cold winter's night or for that Holiday Party? Here is a great recipe we found over at Veria. It was featured on the show "What's Brewing?".

Accoridng to the Veria website, "What's Brewing explores the ancient backstories of some of our favorite modern-day drinks—like coffee, tea, and beer." The show airs 11:30 AM ET daily.

Hot Chocolate Chai Recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup boiling water

6 tablespoons chai blend

1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

2 tablespoons sugar

2 cups whole milk

whipped cream

cinnamon sticks

nutmeg

Preparation

Pour boiling water over tea and steep for 5 minutes. Strain leaves and pour tea into saucepan on medium heat. Add cocoa and sugar, stir till dissolved. Add milk and heat through.

Pour into cups, top with whipped cream and garnish with cinnamon stick and a sprinkle of nutmeg.

http://www.veria.com/hot-chocolate-chai.html

Dec 21, 2010 8:14:50 AM | Recipe

1 Comment

If you're going to use this involved a process, why use a chai blend? Why not just use a good black tea and make it from scratch?

I personally prefer more cardamom and less cinnamon too. =) But I have actually come to like cinnamon more, recently, too.

Posted by: Alex Zorach / RateTea.net | December 21, 2010 at 09:11 AM

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