Dirty Chai
I meant to post about this before, and if you’ve been following me on twitter you’ve heard tell of it but officially this is my battle cry in support of the Dirty Chai. What’s what you might ask? It’s a Chai Latte, preferably with soymilk, with a shot of espresso thrown in. It rules. I’ve ordered it by name in Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, and now Cork. Everyplace has been like “huh?” then I explained it, they thought it sounded a little weird but agreed to make it. By the time they handed it to me they had moved on to thinking it was probably pretty good. In Vienna and Berlin I was able to stop explaining it and just order it by name, and at Cork Airport a few hours ago the barista said “that is the absolutely best sounding special request I’ve ever gotten, I’m making two, one for me” and then we toasted when he was done.
Long and short of it, they rule. Go order one yourself.
Additionally, I’m blown away by how cool Cork is and how much cool stuff is going on here. More on this soon, but if we open a European office for Metroblogging of any kind, Cork just got bumped to the top of the list of candidate cities.
9 Comments, Comment or Ping
Fixer
no wonder I got stuck there for 5 years, eh?
Jan 8th, 2008
cc
There is a drink in M’sia where you mix tea and coffee. I remember it being quite popular when I was a kid. It’s called Cham (which is cantonese for “mix”).
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=L09&q=malaysia+tea+coffee+mix+cham&btnG=Search&meta=
2/3 tea, 1/3 coffee.
Jan 8th, 2008
Made in DNA
Dirty Chai… okay. Sounds interesting. So… explain what it is.
Jan 9th, 2008
Fuzzy
They already knew it by name at my local Starbucks (seems it’s been around since at least 2006). And I agree that it’s awesome.
Jan 23rd, 2008
bbart76
Its a hit a miss. Most places have no idea what your talking about and you have to tell them a shot of espresso otherwise they add another shot of chai.
There is a really nice little coffee shop in Moab Utah that calls it a Chai Charger, so that is what I ask for wherever I go.
May 12th, 2008
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