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Hot and Spicy Himalayan Tea (Chai Tea)

Skip the specialty coffee shop and make a steaming hot cup of chai tea at home with warming spices, ginger, milk, brown sugar, and tea leaves.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Beverage, Drink
Cuisine: American, Indian Inspired
Calories: 53
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 7 cups water
  • 6 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 1.25 inch piece fresh ginger root, peeled and chopped
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 6 green cardamom pods
  • 12 whole cloves
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
  • 0.5 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons Darjeeling tea leaves
  • 1 cup milk

Method
 

  1. Combine water, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, cloves, bay leaves, fennel seeds, and peppercorns together in a pot; cover and boil for 20 minutes.
  2. Remove from the heat, add tea leaves, and allow to steep for 10 minutes. Stir milk into tea mixture and bring to a boil. Strain tea into tea cups.

Nutrition

Calories: 53kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 1gFat: 1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 27mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10g

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