Chai Tea

ahh..

i went to hostess at 10:30 and got off at 6. from there i was immediately going to drive 30 minutes across town to babysit till 11. yesterday i asked my manager to get me the evening off to go babysit because i've made plans to babysit for them the past 4 nights consecutively and then had to cancel because they were keeping me hostessing. but my babysitting got cancelled, so i have the evening free.

it's a wonderful feeling. i got to eat dinner with my mom and brother for the first time in a while and ate too much because i only had 3 meals today, 2 of them being smaller because they were eaten with the plan that they were each 1 out of 4 or 5, not 3. so i compensated at dinner. and now, to tide my extending lush for consuming...tea.

home made chai tea. i've been doing it quite a bit lately, but this one is slightly more simple and all the more enjoyable.

so here is how it went down: i put hot water in my kettle and then heated up some a little milk in the mug in the microwave. Added the water, pg tea bag, peppercorns, whole cloves, a spoonful of splenda, almonds, and a couple shakes of cardamom.

i particularly enjoy this tea because usually i put all this good stuff (except the tea bag) in the kettle + cinnamon, ground nutmeg, honey, and dried orange peel flakes. what usually happens is that the kettle gets this nasty layer of grime that i dread cleaning (even when i rinse, it's not enough!)

the honey we have is distinctively not a lovely honey, and all the stuff ground up just gets messy and grimy and annoying.

i just reached the almonds in the bottom of the mug. i'm going to repeat the process and resteep.

i also need to discover what makes some chai tea green cause i want to do that to mine to solely make it seem more like a real chai tea / latte.

my spice rack christmas list:
1. vanilla beans
2. whole nutmeg
3. whole cardamom
4. cinnamon sticks

yum. yum. yum.

i might throw some pumpkin into the resteeped tea just to taste that twist. love you love you dearly. and can't wait to hear your voice.