Ewa

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.

2010-03-17 17:42:56 -0400

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Jim Marks 2010-03-17 23:10:04 -0400

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.

Ewa 2010-03-17 23:27:26 -0400

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.

Jim Marks 2010-03-18 08:18:20 -0400

Earl Gray is a pretty traditional “milk & sweetener” tea, I think… unless I’ve been huffing paint fumes, again…

Ewa 2010-03-18 14:04:46 -0400

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.

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I’m a Pole who grew up in Texas, is currently a graduate student in California studying Japan. How’s THAT for random?

Being Polish, my family has always drunk a lot of tea, and I am no different. I may drink more tea than water. On the other hand, I can’t say that I’m very particular about it; I’m generally pretty careless with steeping times and water temperature and I don’t even have a proper teapot (mostly because the lid broke during the move to California ;_;).

I always drink my tea unsweetened and I only add milk in the case of the most egregiously chai-ish of chais. (not really a big fan of milk in general)

Given that so many of my entries seem to be about my morning tea, I felt I should add something here about me and mornings: I fail at mornings. I fail at them a LOT. Therefore I often also fail at proper tea making in the mornings.