Product Description

This flavorful combination of black tea and rich spices is now the up-and-coming beverage trend. Rosen uncovers its history along with recipes for making and cooking with chai and serving suggestions for tea celebrations. Readers will find variations like herbal chai, iced chai, and chai cappuccino, plus recipes for masala cake, cardamom cookies, and chai scones.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #235228 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Back Cover
Discover the sumptuous flavors, rich traditions, and healing powers of chai!

Spirited blends of spices such as anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves transform black tea into the rich, full-bodied elixir that has been enjoyed in India for centuries. As a warm, creamy treat with milk and honey or chilled as a summer cooler, healthful chai is the perfect beverage for any occasion.

In Chai you'll find:
-- 22 recipes for chai spice blends and variations from chai latte to iced herbal chai
-- Stories of the chai experience from India and throughout the world
-- Recipes for chai scones, cookies, cakes, and more
-- Ayurvedic health benefits of chai spices

About the Author
Not only can Diana Rosen's tea tips and trivia be cherished in her Storey books, The Book of Green Tea, Chai, and Steeped in Tea, but she also enchants all those interested on the Internet. Diana's articles are located on a website called Sally's Place, and her tea topics range from information on recipes, events, and history to entertaining, crafts and cleaning. These same articles are placed in her national quarterly newsletter, Tea Talk.

Diana's most recent Storey title is Taking Time for Tea, a book that shares excellent suggestions for relaxing and celebrating life. She is also a lecturer and consultant on tea-related topics and co-author of the book, The Tea Lovers' Companion. Diana lives in northern California.

Customer Reviews

Chai, The Spice Tea of India
After living in India for 12 years (1971-1983) this delightful book brought back so many wonderful memories that were so strong you could almost taste them. Diana Rosen has done an excellent job of blending the romantic culture with the traditions of making and serving tea that transcends all classes and castes of the India subcontinent. After reading 'Chai' I have order six more copies as gifts for my close friends. Everyone who enjoys a cup of tea, and what it can bring, will love this tasty and instructive book.

Good Book
This is a fine book for any tea lover. My only quibble is with the recipes using a 14 ounce can of unsweetened condensed milk. The only milk that comes in that size is the Eagle Brand type which IS sweetened. I made the recipes with the sweetened milk and they taste fine. I think it is a typo, but I may be wrong.

lovely book
This is lovely little book. The anecdotes and details about chai and its origins are almost as warming as the tea itself.