I'm grateful for chai tea - more specifically what we call chai lattes. I have taken to no longer paying a lot of money for them at various cafes - starbucks included - and started buying my own chai mix to drink at home. I have also found a great site with chai recipes that you can make yourself.Perhaps this is a little frivolous, but I decided to look up what chai actually means. In India it simply means tea but in Hebrew it is the word for life. I thought that was kind of cool. What an interesting metaphor. Chai is sweet, flavorful, milky, soothing, luxiourous, and comforting... at least to me. Wouldn't it be lovely if life was always that simple as well?
So, I was thinking there should be a Goddess of Chai. Afterall, there is a Goddess of Coffee. Well, I think that Goddess would also be considered the Goddess of any Caffenated Beverages. Perhaps I have found my Chai Goddess then.
Anyway... I am grateful for this little pleasure and how fortunate I am to be able to enjoy it whenever I wish. I hope every day that I can always find things to be grateful for... no matter how small. My mother always says it's the little things in life that matter - like playing with the dogs and hearing my daughter laugh. I think Mom knows a thing or two.
3 comments:
That's really interesting. I'm fond of a good cup of tea myself, usually Earl Grey or Irish Breakfast.
Cardamom I've always used in brewed coffee-I'll give it a try in tea now.And ginger I've used for years as a cold and flu remedy in tea with lemon and honey.
This Chai thing is new to me though.
I'm going to try some of the recipes, thanks!
Love,
Terri in Joburg
Oh it's yummy. Chai has become quite the caffienated trend in the states these days. There are almost as many kinds of chai as there are coffee. I hope you enjoy it!
Interesting...relevant? Chai is a common transliteration for the Hebrew word for "life."
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