Chai

8 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 7 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
  • 6 green cardamom pods
  • 12 cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tablespoons orange pekoe tea loose leaf
  • 6 sugar plus tsp
  • 1 cup milk

Directions

  1. 1
    With a mortar and pestle, slightly grind spices; just enough to pop them open to release their flavor and fragrance.
  2. 2
    Add six teaspoons of sugar to the spices, combine with water and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer, then bring to a boil again. Reduce heat once more, then simmer until the mixture becomes saffron colored.
  3. 3
    Add tea leaves to the water and bring to a boil again. Lower and reduce twice as you did in the first step. Add milk and bring to a boil again.
  4. 4
    Strain into cups and serve. Add more sugar to taste if necessary.

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