Homemade Chai Tea
Sip warmth and spice and Buzz Savories local honey - a Chai Tea made for you!
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 5 cups water
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves (20-22 cloves)
- 2 teaspoons crushed green cardamom pods (26-30) Crush the cardamom pods in a mortar and pestle or a few brief turns in your food processor or place in a plastic bag and crush the pods with a potato masher or bottom of a steel pan. The purpose is to open the pods so the flavorful seeds can escape to spice the tea.
- ¼ teaspoon black peppercorns (14-16)
- 3-4 sticks cinnamon If you plan on making the tea a day before serving, use 3 cinnamon sticks because as the spices intensify over time even though they are strained out of the tea. Cinnamon can overwhelm the flavors of the other spices.
- 8 slices fresh ginger (1/8 inch thick slices)
- 1 ½ Tb. black tea
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 1/2- 3 Tb. Buzz Savories Honey
Instructions
- Bring water to a low boil and add spices. Reduce the heat and simmer for 25 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and add the Black tea and allow to steep for 5 minutes.
- Add the milk and honey and bring the tea to a simmer.
- Strain and serve
Notes
The base tea (without the milk and honey) keeps well, covered and refrigerated, for several days. Surprisingly, the delightful flavors intensify even after the spices have been strained and removed. Simply heat with fresh milk and honey to serve.