Masala Chai is spiced milk tea usually sweetened. Originating from India, Chai is widespread with many household and regional variations.
The folklore surrounding Chai dates back to between 5000 and 9000 years ago to an ancient royal court – either India or Siam. It was said that the reigning king created the recipe as a healing Ayurvedic beverage. Throughout the earlier years Chai was prepared via a diverse range of methods and contained an equally diverse array of spices. Between regions the recipes varied and it was served hot and cold as a remedy for minor ailments, but didn’t contain black tea until the 1930’s.
In 1835 the British East India Company established tea plantations in Assam in an attempt to reverse the overwhelming Chinese monopoly on tea supply to Great Britain. In 1870 approximately 90% of tea consumed in Great Britain was supplied by China but by 1900 this had reduced to 10% largely replaced by tea sourced in India and Ceylon.
From the 1830s black tea was gradually assimilating into the existing Chai spice mix and the beginnings of Chai as we know it now emerged. However the tea spice mix lacked appeal due to the high cost of tea and wasn’t popular until the 1900s when a hardcore campaign by the India Tea Company promoted the provision of ‘tea breaks’ for workers in an attempt to increase tea sales.
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Couldn't agree more.
For nearly all of 2019 - I avoided this site because I knew I'd end up spending waaaaaaay too much time hanging out in the megathreads. And that's happening. Another problem is that I've gotten used to saying what I think with little to no filter. And on the net - once you're used to routinely sharing your thoughts that way - it can be a hard habit to break.
They are blinded by their West Wingian view of the world. The Capitol Building is a scared site of our democracy and I'm now going to vomit up other flag waving stuff I also heard on CNN...
If I made that "quiet" comment at reddit at the top of a hot thread - I'd have a dozen redditors lecturing me sarcastically about the attack on the Capital. But - of course - they experienced the attack live exactly like I did - via the internet. Real fascism is when attacks (including murder) can happen to nearly anywhere to the other.
When I saw a Qanon streetmob, marching against immigration, outside the US, attack a trans person in a counterprotest, in a place where this is totally out of the ordinary, it gave me pause. Don't want to be lib about it, but....
I mean, the right is defintely on the move the last 5 years.
I was an earnest lib before the 2016 elections. Around November of that year - I was worried about the rise of hate generated from Trump's insane nomination and the near chance he almost became president. The reality of the past few years and my move to the left makes those fears of mine seem risibly quaint now. Whatever happens politically with Biden - I think the following years will ones of right-wing terror and the possibility of stolen elections.
On a positive note - in the unlikely event that the dems go big and steamroll the GOP - I think the possibility of fascism in 2024 recedes greatly.