Masala (chai) Tea

8 Servings
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Interesting Notes This recipe is an update of a chai recipe my mother gave me years ago. We have both spent the past 2 years improving upon the original recipe. Our whole family is becoming addicited to it!

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Masala (chai) Tea Ingredients

Ingredients	? 1 large piece ginger
? 4 cups water	? 1 t-1 tbcrushed black peppercorns
? 2 whole star anise	? 2 bay leaves
? 1/2 tab ground cardamom	? 8 bags black tea
? 12 whole cloves	? 4 cups milk
? 2 cinnamon sticks	? 1/4 cup honey

Instructions for Masala (chai) Tea

Preparation Instructions
Combine all ingredients except milk and sweetener, and boil for 10 minutes. Strain. Add the hot milk, and mix, with your choice of honey or brown sugar.
Helpful Hints
Place the ground cardamom in a tea bag, or muslin bag, if you don't want cardamom sediment in your chai. The Spice House offers muslin bags to hold all of the spices and tea for less overall sediment in your chai.
The Spice House Ecuadorian Peppercorns are a nice addition to this recipe, but will make the chai very peppery-hot.

Substitute rice or soy milk for a vegan beverage.

Main Ingredient: MilkCuisine: Indian

Ingredient Insight - look inside this recipe

Bay Leaves

Black pepper

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Cloves

Ginger

Honey

Milk

Star Anise

Tea

Vegan Beverage Milk Indian

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Shown with raspberry-oatmeal bars. I also like my chai with biscotti. This recipe sounds more like the spicier chai I like. Pasted it from here with some editing. http://www.thespicehouse.com/recipes/chai-masala-tea-recipe [I posted this recipe.]