An unexpected pleasure, discovered at my first meal here, was the Afghan tea called sher chai, a milky, spiced tea that closely resembles Indian chai (though without the sumptuous richness of the buffalo milk) — a fine end to a satisfying meal at a reasonable price.
As soon as I heard the pitter-pat of rain on the roof, I raced to turn on the fireplace in the living room, brewed a cup of aromatic spiced tea and a grabbed a good book.
He mixes up some classic Swedish 'punsch' – a powerful blend of rum, spiced tea, lemon and arrack, an Asian spirit.
At the Pineapple Room restaurant in Cheekwood, a chicken salad sandwich and hot spiced tea, about $7, will round out a visit.
A jabber of hoots, squeals, squawks and creaks fills the air at sunrise, and after a quick sip of sweet spiced tea, it's time to hit the water.
It shares a certain pungency with viognier, but it smells more of spiced tea than of fruit.
'It was a good place to grow up,' he tells me over sweet, spiced tea, served in dainty glasses.
Rice, custard and spiced tea: comfort is the word.
Desserts and spiced tea, masala chai, were worth the trip on their own.
She wrote about her adventures in Morocco with sheiks, sandstorms, veiled women, spiced tea, the Atlas Mountains, and about the romance she encountered, in her book, "Zohra's Ladder: And Other Moroccan Tales" (Eye Books), which was published this year.
