Mar

8

Delving further into the world of my chai lattes…

Filed Under Babbling, School, Writings/Rants 

If you thought the first time I talked about these might have been the last? Believe me, folks, it far from won’t be. The introduction a week or so back was only the beginning…

First of all, I should get into what the chai tea latte is. Classically, its really just the brewed tea and frothed milk, as commented on here. But, at the same time whenever you go to any shop, you don’t get that at all. What you normally get is some form of concentrate and frothed/steamed milk. I’ve seen them in different forms: there’s the pump syrup that you see at some shops, powders at others, and some its a carton concentrate. Its not bad, but some of them are better than others. For me personally, I like the Barnies one better than I do the Starbucks one. I couldn’t tell you why, I just do. And when it comes to campus, I liked the Java City one better than the Starbucks one.

Until Tuesday.

See, I have a fairly regular studying routine. I grab a soy chai latte at the library, head to the 5th floor, and hit the books. Its one of those things that helps me to study and focus (more on that tomorrow). Puts me in the frameset that I can do it. Well, on Tuesday, the steamers were down at the Java City, so I just studied with some water. I was having issues focusing and so I grabbed a quick lower carb and sugar snack at Subway, and then headed back. And I walked by Joffrey’s Coffee in the union. One of the first coffee shops on campus that I visited when I first started here at in 2001, I figured I’d give them a try. They’re usually fairly slow, and I’ve never had a chai from them, so it was worth a shot.

By far, I have to say that they have the best one on campus: its smooth, well mixed, good flavor, and fast and hot and right without me having to keep an eagle eye on them. Its also the cheapest one (even if by only 16 cents), and their large appears to be larger than the other large that I was getting from Java City, even if it is the same 20oz. Its the powder concentrate spiced chai, and the girl didn’t ask me for whipped cream at all. When I told her that she was the first person to not do that? She laughed and said “Who’d want whipped cream on a chai?”

My sentiments exactly.

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