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Voyant Chai Cream Liqueur: "Ooh Eee Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang..."

Yes, I know you're asking yourself "WTF is Capn Jimbo, Mr. Purity, doing reviewing flavored rums, much less a cream liqueur?" A good question which of course I anticipated (after all I'm the one composing this review and you're not). There are two answers: first, that this product accompanied one of the very few freebies I have ever accepted; and second, that it's rum-flavored tea (legally sold as a "cream liqueur" - a category of absolutely no interest to me).

Now the other day when I felt a sore throat coming on, Sue Sea rushed to fix me a couple of cups of chai-type tea, to which I added a nice shot of Uncle Jack. And it worked. I think. In Asia the word "chai" simply means tea, but has come to be marketed to Americans as "masala chai", a blend of tea and exotic Indian spices. In Asia street vendors called "chaiwallahs" (...walla, walla, bing bang) prepare their "chai" or tea by simmering it in water (unlike Americans who steep tea in a rapidly cooling cup of hot water). "Masala chai" there is made by simmering a blend of milk, tea, sweeteners and whole (yes, real) spices.

And no Daniels, Jack! Starbucks sells a "chai latte", which is coffee to which is added some spiced tea. Ugh!

But authentic "masala chai" (or chai tea here) is really rather interesting, with the sole difference being that the spice used here - no surprise - are largely artificial. Got it? Of course you do, and now I can introduce Voyant Chai, imported from Holland and made with fresh Dutch cream, blended with rum, steeped tea and spices, and pure vanilla. The importer makes much of the "genuine spices" and "pure vanilla" which, like The Lash Spiced Rum, may exhibit traces and sedimentation from same.

Like finding a worm in your Tequila. But I digress - here's the review by Sue Sea, the Spice Queen:

Sue Sea: