Chai Tea Recipe

A lovely spiced black tea with milk, perfect for a cool morning. Also excellent over ice.

Course Drinks

Keyword recipe, chai, drink, hot drink, tea, chai tea recipe, black tea, ice, hot drink recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings -3 mugs

Calories 113kcal

Author Dani Meyer

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
1 inch piece of ginger chopped
8 cardamom pods
8 black peppercorns
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp honey
1 tb sugar
2 black tea bags
*vanilla
*1-2 cloves
1/2-1 cup half and half

Instructions

1. Bring water with spices and sugar to a boil, whisk to incorporate spices and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Add tea bags and remove from heat. Strain.
2. Add half and half or alternative dairy and warm.
3. If desired froth milk and top cups with frothed milk and a dusting of cinnamon.

Notes

*I believe a real vanilla bean or some vanilla extract would add quite a bit of flavor to this but I didn't have any to test. If using vanilla extract add it after the boil so you don't lose it from evaporation. Try it out and let me know!
*Most recipes call for whole cloves to be boiled with the mixture. Cloves contain a high percentage of eugenol which causes your tongue to feel slightly numb. I tried as few as 2 cloves and still encountered this. I prefer mine without any cloves but if you like the flavor or are not as sensitive as I am you may enjoy putting in a clove or two. Adding at the end of the boil is also a good option.

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