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Regarding white balance, there are a number of ways to do it. The simplest way, if you are not used to post-processing your images, is to experiment with the settings on your camera. You should have an "auto" white balance option which you can try and see how well it does for you, or settings for the general lighting conditions, cloudy, shady, etc. Try these out and see how effective they are. The more precise way, however, is to use the white balance settings in an image processing software like Lightroom or Photoshop. Use the help feature of the program you use to learn about how to do it in your particular program, but generally you use a tool to choose the whitest white point in your image in a "levels" setting and / or pick a neutral gray point in the image, and the rest of the image will balance accordingly. Professional photographers use a gray card to represent a perfect neutral point under the light conditions at hand so that they always have a perfectly neutral reference. Like anything else, there more or less effective ways to do this so a little reading up and experimentation will help. Try doing an internet search for this topic and you will see a myriad of helpful tips and tutorials.

Thanks, Art, for your observations and thanks for calling out the plastic wrap. I had meant to mention that specifically - that is one of their favorite items - in fact, it's Dan's wife's very favorite kitchen tool. She says it works better and takes years to go through!

mh330 - I asked the same question - Dan was initially going to make something else and then changed his mind (don't know what).

Hi everyone. I'm glad you enjoyed the chai recipe! I think it is delicious too - glad you tried it. A few answers to your questions: the tea pictured in the mise en place image is Ceylon - it's not balls of tea but rather finely chopped (or broken up) tea leaves. The one I bought was just from the supermarket - Twinings loose Ceylon tea - nothing special.

The mug (thank you) is made by my father-in-law, who is a potter. If you are interested, you can contact me via my blog.

Thanks for your interest, I'm glad you enjoyed the piece.