Homemade Chai Tea

Name: Homemade Chai Tea
Yield: Serves 5
Ingredients: honey; 2 teaspoons black peppercorns; 2 cups almond milk (or full-cream milk); 10 whole cloves; 2 centimetre piece fresh ginger, sliced; 2 cinnamon sticks; 6 cardamom pods; 5 cups water; 5 black tea bags

Preparation info

Serves
5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

WHOLE

By Melissa Delport

Published 2018

About

This is the ultimate comfort drink for me. If I want a little pick-me-up or a sweetish drink then this is what I go for .It’s relatively easy and extremely rewarding.

Ingredients

2 centimetre piece fresh ginger, sliced
2 cinnamon sticks
2 teaspoons

Drinks
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Add the ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, cloves and cardamom to a medium-sized saucepan along with the water. Bring to a simmer and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the tea bags. Steep for 10 minutes. Strain the liquid, discarding the solids, and add the milk and heat. Serve hot and add honey to taste.