Homemade Chai

My favorite Starbucks beverage has long been the soy chai latte.

Last night, I dug out my chai tea. Brewed myself a cup. Added some vanilla soy milk (just a quarter-cup) and some sugar. Stirred. And...voila! Insta-latte! Minus the happy Starbucks cup, but it tasted nearly the same. I saved four dollars and probably a good 200 calories, as I believe they use soy milk for almost the entire drink, rather than only a little soy and mostly water.

The lone downside to this is that homemade chai affects me the same way as Starbucks chai - wires me for hours. I don't think I slept until 5 AM.

Am plugging along through Echo City, by Tim Lebbon. The only other book of his I've read was Fallen, which was well-written but...I don't know, I couldn't get into it. Echo City, though, is brilliant; I'm really enjoying it. I am not sure what book is next; I have much fiction to plow through.

The air's turned cold again. I think tonight's a night to turn on the heater.