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Homemade Chai Tea...

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There is honestly nothing finer in this world than sitting down to a fragrant cup of tea and sipping away while you read, listen to opera, or just escape into some other world.  I love tea... I am a tea junkie... there may be a 12 step program out there somewhere just for me and my tea.  Chai is one of my favorite teas.  I love the spices, the aroma, the warmth. The first time I had chai it was a magical experience, maybe that is why I am in so in love with it, it was the moment, and the tea made it better... made it stick in my memory.  I was at a little Tibetan shack of a restaurant with the biggest picture of the Dalai Lama looming over me that you could possibly imagine.  The rest of the place looked like someone's 1970's living room.  A little old Tibetan man made me a hand poured chai tea that I have been searching to recreate for years.  No such luck.  It wasn't just the tea, it was the little old man, it was how he poured the milk ba...