[Quiet Man Cometh]

I've never really thought much of mixing teas, though the idea seems easy enough. I routinely mix yerba mate with an herbal tea to help my stomach since straight yerba gets to me a little. I was considering adding some of my lapsang suchong tea to a half bag of plain blac tea that I had to make up the remainder. Suchong for me is a bit much on it's own.

I had some stovetop chai at a fundraiser for an Indian school at my univeristy once (all you could eat pakoras and some neon orange sugar desert thing for $2!). It was make on a portable stovetop in milk with spices from any food store. I asked the girl there where she got the recipe. She said she just grabbed one of the net that looked good. Apparently chai tea is one of those things where many people have their own ways of making it.

I've had various tea bag chai and chai at Indian restaurants and does very. Some bag chai is heavy on the cinnamon and cloves. The chai I had at my dad's favourite Indian restaurant had lots of cardamom in it. I haven't encountered one with licorish in it (at least that I could taste). I usually default to Stash brand Chai for bags. It's sweeter than some and I like the cloves. The Double Spice Chai is a little overboard though. Stings my nose when I open the packet.