Ch-ch-ch Chai! (Tea of 09)
This is post sixteen in the Best of 2009 Blog Challenge. Read them all!
So I've always been a vegetarian friendly eater, adding in just little bits of meat here and there. The vegan agenda though???? A little harder. I just love breads, cheeses and milk. I've tried many milk alternatives through the years, completely disliking soy milk, and being okay with almond milk. (I make my own raw almond milk on occasion now and it's fantastic!)
When I gave up coffee, my main intake of milk also went out the window with that extra-hot extra-shot latte! I've been drinking up the teas ever since and have not missed coffee yet. With winter setting in though, I like to have a nice spiced chai on a dreary day. As I said earlier I never liked the taste of soy milk, but a few weeks ago I made a tea run to the local coffee shop for some of the yogs teachers. They all wanted vanilla-soy lattes or soy chai.
Feeling the peer pressure I went ahead and ordered a spiced chai with soy milk for myself and was pleasantly surprised that I liked it! I don't think that I could use soy milk on everything, but steamed hot with just the right blend of black tea and cardamom makes it a yummy winter treat, and vegan friendly too.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:00PM | 3 Comments 
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Chai! We'll get you a chia pet someday soon, hon.
Love me some Earl Grey, wee bit o' sugar syrup, and steamed milk.
Yeah, I'm with ya-- about the only way I can trick myself into drinking soy milk is by making it part of a frou frou coffee house drink. But I do like it when I do that-- I think it's too sweet on it's own to be taken seriously as milk. YMMV.
Yay for being vegan-ish!
Try coconut milk. It's in the dairy section beside the almond and soy milk at Earthfare. It's a better flavor and has more body.
That is some inspirational stuff. Never knew that opinions could be this varied. Thanks for all the enthusiasm to offer such helpful information here