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    I guess this isn't a 'low cal' drink with all the sweetener and milk. I'm going back to Meijers, they had Tazo and Oregon - the concentrate was more $$$ than the bags. I have never tried Soy Milk or Almond Milk. I've heard that soy milk tastes chaulky.
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    Quote Originally Posted by surgtech1956 View Post
    I've heard that soy milk tastes chaulky.
    I use the "fresh" Silk brand soy milk - in the refrigerated section, not the shelf-stable kind, and I've never found it to be chalky at all. I usually use the Light variety, but just bought the bone health variety for well, variety!

    I use the soy milk with the bags of Tazo Spiced Chai - I only sweeten on special occasions.
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    Stash makes some spicy, flavourful..and non-sugared Chai teas.

    http://www.stashtea.com/teas/chai+teas.aspx

    I also like a pronounced spicy Chai tea.
    I've been drinking tea (orange pekoe, Twinings Earl Grey, etc. and other black teas) without sugar, with some milk, for the past 3 decades. I average about 3-4 c. of tea at home in this way.

    I genuinely appreciate real Chai tea without the sugar, without honey. No need when cinnamon, cardamon, etc. are pronounced.
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    Steep your Chai bags per usual. But if you like "Coffeehouse Style Chai" try adding some honey and warm milk to the mix. That is all you need really. Or support your local coffeehouse and get your Chai there. Baristas need love too. Well, at least general like and occasional patronage. Good luck.
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    Simply put, Chai tea is flavored tea.

    here is a thread where alpinerrabbit and I wrote our recipe for our chai. chai thread

    I've been tweaking my recipe for some time. It's definitely much cheaper to make your own. I've gotten bit lazy so I make my mix in bulk now. Each tablespoon of the mix makes about 750ml (3 cups) of tea. Cost is around $2.00 per gallon for the tea maybe?? And my tea is pretty strong so I mix 1/4 to 1/3 tea to 3/4 to 2/3 non-fat milk. Lots of honey. yummm...

    I have my standard spicy chai and my second one is vanilla flavored. Still working out on orange spice chai. It came out like orange pekoe tea (not good).

    I have four other flavors I'm thinking about. Pumpkin wasn't one of them. pumpkin spice sounds yummy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smilingcat View Post
    Simply put, Chai tea is flavored tea.

    here is a thread where alpinerrabbit and I wrote our recipe for our chai. chai thread

    I've been tweaking my recipe for some time. It's definitely much cheaper to make your own. I've gotten bit lazy so I make my mix in bulk now. Each tablespoon of the mix makes about 750ml (3 cups) of tea. Cost is around $2.00 per gallon for the tea maybe?? And my tea is pretty strong so I mix 1/4 to 1/3 tea to 3/4 to 2/3 non-fat milk. Lots of honey. yummm...

    I have my standard spicy chai and my second one is vanilla flavored. Still working out on orange spice chai. It came out like orange pekoe tea (not good).

    I have four other flavors I'm thinking about. Pumpkin wasn't one of them. pumpkin spice sounds yummy.
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