Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon fennel seed
- 6 green cardamom pods
- 12 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 (1/4-inch) piece ginger root, peeled and thinly sliced
- 6 black peppercorns
- 7 cups water
- 2 tablespoons Darjeeling tea
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup milk
Directions
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.
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By camohn
New Providence,PA
on January 18, 2012
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I made changes:
1 I don't like fennel seed/subsituted whole allspice
2 didn't have whole cardomom...only had ground. Had to guess at how much to use using the ground version. Since most previous posters thought it was not strong enough on flavor I went for 1/4 tsp.
3 I had a vanilla bean on hand/threw that in too. Seemed like a good idea.
4 had anise seed but no star anise on hand//had to guess again at amount/ went with 1/4 tsp.
5 previous posters said it needed nutmeg so put in 1/8 tsp
sooo.....after all that the family (3 of us all gave the above version the same rating: good on the spice content but the tea flavor was too weak....need to double the amount of tea leaves next time. Will make it again though.
By lwillemain
on February 28, 2011
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I agree with rosieposie4425 that this is a great base. I like my chai spicy, so I quadruple the ginger, up the cardamom by about 3 times, and double the cloves. I also add a few more peppercorns. I also agree with sunsetr that something's missing. I had a chai with anise star over the weekend and thought that might be a good thing to try adding.
By Rosieposie4425
on January 03, 2011
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This recipe is a good base, but. I add extra brown sugar. Also, I use powdered ginger and skip the cardomom and fennel seed (since I haven't yet added these items to my spice rack. I keep a whole pitcher of this in my fridge and warm a cup up as needed.
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