Thai Chai has the dubious distinction of being the only tea/tea-like thing that I will drink with milk. Although it is rice milk so I pretend it does not count. I didn’t steep it for very long because I prefer the flavor to be on the weak side as it makes the coconut flavor (which I am not a huge fan of) recede a lot.
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I rarely add dairy to any teas, either. Earl gray and chai are the exceptions.
I’ve found almond milk to be a great choice for chai because you can boil it without worrying about scalding the dairy fat as you would real milk.
Earl Gray, really? That’s one of the teas it would not even occur to me to add milk to, but it can definitely be excellent for smoothing out a spicy chai. I’ve tried almond milk before too – the flavor works really well with chai, in addition to it’s other advantages. Rice milk just happened to be on sale the last time I was at the grocery store.
Earl Gray is a pretty traditional “milk & sweetener” tea, I think… unless I’ve been huffing paint fumes, again…
Could be! I was raised in the Eastern European tea tradition, which tends not to add milk to anything, so I have no idea what is traditional. That aside, even if I did know about it, the combination of citrus and milk just doesn’t do a lot for me.
I rarely add dairy to any teas, either. Earl gray and chai are the exceptions.
I’ve found almond milk to be a great choice for chai because you can boil it without worrying about scalding the dairy fat as you would real milk.
Earl Gray, really? That’s one of the teas it would not even occur to me to add milk to, but it can definitely be excellent for smoothing out a spicy chai. I’ve tried almond milk before too – the flavor works really well with chai, in addition to it’s other advantages. Rice milk just happened to be on sale the last time I was at the grocery store.
Earl Gray is a pretty traditional “milk & sweetener” tea, I think… unless I’ve been huffing paint fumes, again…
Could be! I was raised in the Eastern European tea tradition, which tends not to add milk to anything, so I have no idea what is traditional. That aside, even if I did know about it, the combination of citrus and milk just doesn’t do a lot for me.