We’ve also set up an Etsy shop to make that process easier for you.

YAY!

Stay tuned!

We’re also signed up to sell at the Royal City Farmers Market’s Winter Market on December 12 and January 9 at Holy Trinity Cathedral (514 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster) from 10am to 2pm.

Chai makes an excellent winter treat and can really warm your toes on a cold night. Here’s a tip: make a large batch of chai concentrate by boiling the spices in water but them straining it and cooling in the fridge. When you’re in the mood, fill a mug half with the concentrate and half with milk and microwave! Poof! Instant Chai.

See you at the market on December 12th!

Chai By Night is still at the Royal City Farmers Market, and while we are most certainly not “in the money” we are breaking even which was all we wanted. We’re there every week on Thursdays, from 3-7. We’ve teamed up with the Village Coffee Lounge, who is selling organic, fairly traded coffee beansand we’re sharing a booth so we can both keep costs down.

We’ll also be appearing at the 12th Street Festival this Sunday (on 12th Street in New Westminster) August 2nd, from 11-4. We’re actually sponsoring a booth for our friends at Tenth to the Fraser, so we can liveblog and livetweet the festival. We’ll be handing out samples for yout o take home and brew yourself, as well as selling a few bags of chai. We’re going to be set up around the 700 block of 12th Street, in front of the Village Coffee Lounge.

If you’re here because you got a sample or bought a bag or chai, I’d love to hear what you think. Leave a note in the comments.

So, I applied for and was given the job. It’s quite the challenge, with three weeks til opening day.

As a result, my wee little chai booth needed to be manned by someone else, to make sure there was no conflict of interest.

So, I’ve hired a friend to work my booth. So Chai By Night will still be there, but it won’t be Kale and I with a wagon full of goodies. But we will still have this awesome fabric banner! My friend Ruth made the main part out of some old curtains she had, and some random red fabric in her fabric stash, and I added the little text with a sharpie and made freezer paper stencils and fabric painted the CHAI BY NIGHT part. Sweet, huh?

From Chai By Night

Wagon

My mom was given one of these wagons as a gift, and because it was sitting in her carport, collecting dust and not getting used yet since her grandson is so little, she’s loaned it to me as a Chai Transportational Device. I’ve picked up two sun umbrellas, and I have a folding table and chair. A friend is making me a quilted 3 foot by 1.5 foot fabric banner. I’m trying to do my part with my tiny little chai company and have made the choice to not drive to the market this summer (although, if it’s pouring rain and my son is freaking out, I won’t say no to a lift, I have to be reasonable) because let’s face it, I live 4 blocks from the market site and the gear altogether only weighs about 40 pounds. I hiked 72 kilometres on the West Coast Trail with 50 pounds on my back, there is no reason why I can’t do this. 

This is my personal eco-challenge for the summer. What about you? Are you doing anything to lower your impact?

I’ll be there with my son Kale, and a little stand, and my chai mix. Hopefully by then I will have found a good supplier of decaf loose orange pekoe tea so I can also offer decaf chai. I won’t be serving brewed samples at the market – doing that means there is a long list of technical things I have to change to comply with Environmental Health regulations and financially that’s not in the cards – but I will have sample packets for you to take home and brew yourself and then come back and buy once you are hooked. 

I can’t wait! Now I need to get an umbrella and stand and a wagon to cart it all in.

But if I take it out of it’s package, put it in a Ziploc, and mail you the Ziploc full of mix and the original package folded up in an envelope, I can ship it as a letter and it’s $2 and you can pour it into the original packaging when you get it. Go figure! Silly Canada Post! 

Package of Chai By Night

So if you’d like to order Chai By Night, be aware that we might have to sort out shipping first! Please drop me a note at info at chai by night dot com if you are interested! I do also offer a wholesale price if you buy 6 or more packages.