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ravi.tea

Brisbane · member since July 2026

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IT support in Brisbane. I drink chai all day and wanted to know why cardamom and ginger smell so good together. Now I'm hooked.

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Chai all day in Brisbane, hooked on cardamomI fix computers for an office in Brisbane, with a pot of chai on the go from nine to five. Cardamom and ginger together… White purple-streaked black cardamom flower at the base of the plant Cardamom and ginger in the morning chaiMaking chai every morning, I finally noticed the cardamom smells a bit metallic when I crack the pods, and the ginger… Branch of storax with round downy leaves bearing a small fruit, in Jordan Why the ginger leaves my chai firstBrewing chai with the back door open, spring's properly here in Brisbane. Fresh grated ginger hits first and then…

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Chai all day in Brisbane, hooked on cardamomHa, a fellow chai convert. Will do. A Christmas that smells of cherries and sunscreenBrisbane checking in: mangoes. The whole house smells of them right through the holidays. Cassia or real cinnamon, does a nose care?The club's page on true cinnamon versus cassia says most cinnamon traded around the world is cassia, so dex's line is in good company. Worth smelling them side… Sweet to sharp: rank your fruit bowl citrusSpring in Brisbane, so: orange (marmalade on toast), lemon (iced lemon tea), lime (the beer garden down the road). Cardamom and ginger in the morning chaitoast the pods in a dry pan first Did it this afternoon. Way more metal, and the kitchen smelled like the spice shop for an hour. Apple peel and cinnamon simmering on the hobThat order makes sense. The cinnamon note says cinnamon's smell comes mostly from cinnamaldehyde, with eugenol, the clove molecule, among its other compounds.… A single yuzu from the Japanese groceryYuzu tea with honey was my winter drink, even in Brisbane. Opening the jar is half the fun. Turn your spice drawer into a smelling kitDid it with my chai tin. Clove won the arm's length test by a mile.