Chai Tea

The weather outside has been kinder to us the past couple of weeks than it has been for the majority of the summer it seems. Now that the chilly months are faintly knocking on the door, you may be wondering what the GHS has to warm us up. Won't be long until we're wrapping ourselves up in bundles of scarves and hats and sweaters and the like. So what treat do we have to drink during the colder seasons?

Kelley pointed me to a shelf on her "wall de teas" in the herb shop. The shelf included these four types of chai tea on them:

~Rooibos Chai (rooibos, cinnamon, ginger bits, cloves, cardamom, fennel, aniseed)
~Green Tea Chai (green tea -Sencha -daarjeeling, cinnamon, ginger bits, cloves, cardamom, fennel, aniseed, almond flakes, rose petals, vanilla bits)
~Chai Black Tea (black tea, ginger, fennel, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper, cloves)
~Kama Sutra Chai (black tea, ginger, coriander,cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, rose petals, jasmine, lavender blossoms)

Come and check them out sometime soon. I strongly recommend, for the colder months especially, the comforting warmth of chai tea with organic honey and milk poured into it. On a cold winter's day, what else could you ask for?

~The Harvest Crier~

Foodview: Chai Frescante

A new frescante came out to help keep you cool this summer. For those of you who love chai tea, you'll have even more of a reason to come to the Moon.

Chai tea is okay for me, meaning that I don't absolutely need chai tea to live (I'm more of a green tea kind of guy). In fact, I don't think that chai tea ever struck a good cord in me. I tried it once, maybe twice, but that's about it. In college it seemed like the popular drink to have, but that band wagon totally missed me by a couple million miles.

However, when someone presented me their Chai Frescante with whipped cream practically spilling out of the top, offering it for me to try, everything about chai in my mind was totally redeemed in one sip.

It wasn't a pungently spicy drink like one of my chai experiences, rather it was cool and sweet with plenty of flavor, so flavorful that I could drink the entire thing! But I didn't, I gave it back :)

~The Harvest Crier~

The Harvest Moon Tea

These days when winter seems to be dying hard and stepping out into the Ohio cold feels like an arctic experience, it's a good idea to get yourself something warm to drink. In light of this, the owners told me to get a pic of a hot cup of the Harvest Moon Tea seasoned with a cinnamon stick. Not only did I get to take this picture, I was also able to drink it!

If I could compare it to another kind of food, I would say that it tasted like baked apples with cinnamon and brown sugar. A sweet tea at its base, I wouldn't recommend it with a dessert item. I would say give it a shot with a light lunch (a salad perhaps) or stand-alone like an afternoon treat.

It comes either hot or cold.

~The Harvest Crier~