my day in haiku

[derien]

Gasping out of sleep
Half hour before the alarm
Full lungs want chai tea

Inspired (challenged?) by daegaer.  Well, it's just the start of my day.  It took me forever to get around to making the chai (and no milk - I can't have that when my lungs are acting up.)  It did seem to help a bit.  Make me cough, anyway.  I put in black pepper, white pepper and chili - it couldn't help but make me cough. :)  Also cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, whittled ginger, all in a base of lapsang souchong, with two tablespoons of honey.  I feel like a witch doctor. 

Comments

[derien.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I used the theory that the more stuff I put in, the better. ;) Aside from the chili, though, I think all the rest was mentioned in one or another of the various recipes at http://www.odie.org/chai/recipes.html . At one point I was baffled as to what 'White khas-khas (Indian name of a spice, which is round dried seeds)' might refer to - I thought possibly it was coriander, but another recipe mentioned white pepper, so I went with that.

Although lapsang souchong is probably too strong. Traditionally it should probably be Darjeeling or Assam.