Chai Lattes

On cold days like these there is nothing I like better than a hot drink and curling up next to the fire at home. One of my favourite hot drinks is a chai latte, and I am currently loving the Chai Latte made by Lipton. All you have to do is add hot water and stir and you have a hot, creamy drink to sip. Some people would say that it’s a bit sweet, but I like a sweet chai. Now I know this isn’t tea, but my ultimate high tea would probably involve a chai latte and/or a citrus green tea.

I recently found a recipe for Chai Latte cupcakes, which I will be attempting soon – will let you know how it goes. I’m quite excited because it combines two of my favourite things – chai lattes and cupcakes.

I spent the last weekend down in Wellington, which apart from being freezing, was fabulous. There are some very cool shops in Wellington and I spent a lot of time wondering around different shops, from op shops to boutiques. I found some gorgeous costume earrings at a shop on the end of Willis Street (I think it was called Retro Room?), which were very ‘high tea’ elegant to me. It’s amazing what you can find when you stop shopping at chain stores. We stayed at the James Cook Hotel in central Wellington, which happens to offer high tea. Given time constraints and the reasons that we were in Wellington there wasn’t any time to check this out, but while we were having lunch at the restaurant I saw high tea being served by the windows on the 16^th floor. Presentation appeared fairly standard and I wasn’t so sure about the atmosphere, it didn’t seem as engaging as some of the other places that I’ve been to. Further trips to Wellington are in order to scope out the high teas (and shopping!).

Keep warm! Til next time,

H