Five Spice Chai Or Chai Latte, When Every Sip Is A Complement !
By: sonia gupta
Published: Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 4:34pm

Ingredients




1 cup Milk:
2 cups Water:
4 pods Cardamoms:
1 pod Black Cardamom:
2 pieces Cloves:
2 pieces Peppercorns:
1 small Cinnamon: piece
2 teaspoons Tea Leaves:
2 teaspoons Sugar: or to taste

Preparation

1 Boil water in a pan with five spices, black cardamom, green cardamom, crushed pepper corns, cinnamon & cloves (lightly crush to bring out the  flavors). 2 Cover the pan with lid, as to my experience, there is a huge difference in the aroma of tea made covered and uncovered. 3 Bring the water to boil and add Tea Leaves. 4 I prefer brewing Taj Mahal Orange Pekoe or Brook Bond "Red Label" for my Chai's, can't beat the flavor. 5 Let the tea leaves brew for 4-5 minutes in boiling water. 6 Add 1/2 cup of milk and sugar to taste at this point & simmer for few minutes. 7 When the tea is done, give it a grace period of another one to two minutes with lid covered, to let the spices lose all their flavor to the chai. 8 Use a strainer to filter the tea into your tea cup. 9 Lastly, to make every sip a complement, I like to garnish the tea with crushed green cardamom, lends it a great flavor...turning milk-addicts like me into tea lovers...!

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Sipping a hot cup of chai is an ultimate relaxing way to start chilly sunday morning.
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