BRB Chai

Belle's definition of breakfast:  warm, sweetened beverage with some amount of caffeine.  Solid food optional.  Current drug of choice is Chai Tea latte.

I've been testing homebrew recipes for speedy prep, minimal clean up, and drinkability.  

Here is the front runner.  

• Milk (I tried reconstituting dry milk, but that tasted like watery tea with gross clumps.  Soy would probably work, but I'm collecting these cool glass milk jars for dry storage so Soy got the pass this round)
• Agave Nectar (honey takes too long to ooze.  straight sugar would also work fine except in my world, it is a more stigmatized sweetener)
• Tea bag of some persuasion (I chose Macha green because I have a ton, it makes a dark green flavorful tea with minimal brew time and the puck tea bags save me from straining rogue paper pulp in the drink.  Wasn't really grooving on how citrus flavored teas and milk taste combined.)
• Spice-- this is really flexible.  "traditional" blends tend to use a lot of Cardamom as a base.  Ginger, Cloves, Allspice, Anise, Cinnamon, etc. are fair game.  For the sake of speed, I'm not straining this mix, so keep in mind when selecting spice this drink will be a bit "dirty."  At times, I've dissolved Korean Ginseng tea mix in with the spice for an energy boost.
• Canning jar with lid-- I like wide mouths because they are less messy to fill for other projects.  

1. Fill canning jar 1/3-1/2 with water and drop in a tea bag. 
2. Nuke in microwave (topless!) for 60 seconds +/-
3. Top off canning jar with milk, spice (2 tsp +/-), sweetener (1.5 tbs +/-)
4. Nuke again in the microwave (topless) for 60 seconds +/-
5. Add top and shake like a martini until ingredients blended and desired frothiness is achieved
6. Remove top, fish out tea bag, and enjoy straight from "drinking jar"

Button Willow Locution-Motives

In the interest of learning Spanish, I got to wondering if the lyrics from Alex's band's song would be as pretty very loosely Google Translated...


"Hope, It Runs" by Button Willow Locomotive from Look Sessions on Vimeo.



Hay un río fuera de mi vidrio
Espero que se ejecuta a usted
Oigo los rápidos más sauce y el tordo
Y espero que se ejecuta a usted

Hay una luz en el zaguán
Espero que usted me trae
Oigo tus pasos a través de salón
Y espero que usted me trae

Hay una sombra en la pared, querida
Crecimiento alto y rápido
Puedo ver que teniendo toda mi vida
y reformar mi pasado

Hay una casa en alguna parte
Hogar para ti y para mí
Velas encendidas, música tocando suavemente
Como estamos bebiendo tazas de té

Hay un lugar para ti en mi corazón querido
Un lugar que no puedes ver
Pero sus ojos cerrados y sabe todo el mundo
Es un lugar que se puede ver

Hay una pote de oro en la sala
Luz encendida en la puerta
Así haz las maletas y acudir tan de prisa
Antes de ser empapado por lluvia

Hay un río fuera de mi vidrio
Espero que se ejecuta a usted
Oigo los rápidos más sauce y el tordo
Y espero que se ejecuta a usted

American marries Mexican on Raft in Rio Grande