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Why Chai?

Latte? Passe. These days, the truly fly are sipping chai.

Oregon Chai (rhymes with “eye”) is an Indian-inspired concentrate of black tea, honey, vanilla bean, fresh ginger and such spices as cinnamon, cardamom and clove. It’s mixed with milk (or milk substitutes), in equal parts, for a rich, sweet, hot or cold drink.

If you’re truly brave, try a “chai charger” - spiked with a shot of espresso.

Price: Around $5-6 for 1 quart of concentrate (makes eight 1-cup servings).

Available: Bountiful Fresh Foods, Hallett Farms Gift Pax and Lorien Herbs & Natural Foods; also sold by the drink at Bountiful, Hallett Farms, Spazzo’s Espresso and the Rocket Bakery (both locations).

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Do you have a food find? Send it to: Food Finds, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210. Call 459-5446; fax 459-5098.