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Tea: Cooking Thin's Chai Tea

Source of Recipe

Kathleen Daelemans


List of Ingredients

1 tablespoon fennel seed
6 green cardamom pods
12 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 piece ginger root (1/4-inch) peeled and thinly sliced
6 black peppercorns
7 cups water
2 tablespoons Darjeeling tea
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup milk


Recipe

In a medium saucepan, combine fennel seed, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick, ginger root, peppercorns and water. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and steep for 10 minutes. Add the tea, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
Strain mixture, discard spices and return the tea to the saucepan. Stir in the brown sugar and milk. Serve immediately. Yield: 8 (1-cup) servings