How to make Chai Tea or Chai Coffee

This is a tasty flavored spiced tea from India that has in gaining popularity in the Western world.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• For the Tea:
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 2 Green cardamom pods
• 3 Cloves
• 1/2 cup of Nido dry milk (you can use any dry milk)
• 2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon of Indian tea
• 4 teaspoons of sugar or Splenda (more or less depending how you like it).
• For Coffee
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground green cardamom
• 3 ground cloves to the coffee grounds

1. Many people travel and return home and want to have the tea they experienced in their trip to India or Eastern travels. Chai tea has become a popular flavored tea. It has a spicy flavor and is easy to make. This recipe can be used in Tea or Coffee with a few simple variations in the preparation.

2. For the tea: Take a Cinnamon stick, the green cardamom pods and cloves. Add the Nido dry milk and water(you can use any dry milk or 2 cups of regular milk and leave out the water) to a saucepan with the Indian tea (available in the ethnic section of your grocery or coffee and tea section) It is also available everywhere online. Add the sugar or sweetener (more or less depending how you like it). Bring it to a boil (the edges will start to foam when it does remove it) and let stand for a couple minutes. Use a strainer and pour the Chai Tea into cups

3. This can also be added to Coffee. To make it in coffee add 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of ground green cardamom, 3 ground cloves to the coffee grounds, mix it well and make your coffee as usual. Pour into cup add the amount of dry milk and sugar you prefer.

4. This can be served as an afternoon or after dinner tea or coffee.

[NightScribe]

on 4/6/2009 A nice, authentic chai tea or coffee recipe. Love it!