Isn't it nice when a little bit of effort goes a
long way. This was the case for me
recently when I rather spontaneously decided to support a charity which I just
felt good about. I held a High Tea for
Hamlin. Put simply I organised an
afternoon tea with a lovely bunch of beautiful women to raise money and most of
all awareness for women in Ethiopia suffering from Obstetric Fistulas.
The organisation involved is the Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia which supports the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital and the Hamlin College of Midwives. These were co-founded by Dr Catherine Hamlin AC an Australian obstetrician-gynaecologist in the 1950’s and her great work has treated more than 40,000 women with more than 90% of them cured.
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| Chai Tea for a High Tea |
And the high tea was a success. My lovely family and friends brought along
their favourite afternoon tea delicacy along with the recipe to share. With a few bunches of flowers, pretty tea
cups, French café background music and most importantly great company it was a
rather relaxing afternoon.
Along with traditional teas I decided to brew a Thermomix
pot of Chai Tea. My own blend which I’m
rather enjoying. It’s even taken over a
morning coffee on most days! This can be
brewed in a teapot or latte style with your choice of milk. While most people find the flavours enough in
this chai you can sweeten with a little honey if desired.
For more details on the work of Dr Catherine Hamlin
and Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia see: http://hamlin.org.au
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| Chai Latte in the Thermomix |
Chai Tea blend
1 tsp cardamom pods
1 cinnamon sticks broken up roughly
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp black peppercorns
3 Star anise
1 Vanilla pod
1 tsp ground ginger
20g large loose leaf tea
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Place the cardamom seeds, cinnamon
sticks, cloves, star anise and vanilla pod in Thermomix bowl and roughly chop
by pressing the Turbo button about 5 times.
Make sure it’s not too fine so it will still be caught in your tea
strainer.
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Add the tea and ginger and combine
for a few seconds on speed 4
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Store into an air tight container
To brew Chai Latte for 2:
- Add 2 heaped teaspoons of Chai Tea mix into Thermomix bowl
- Add 300g water and 300g of your chosen milk (almond milk is rather nice)
- Heat for 5 minutes on speed 2 at 70⁰
- To froth the milk a little blend for 30 seconds on speed 4
- Pour through a strainer into your favourite tea cups and enjoy!
