Green Tea With Indian Chai Spices Recipe #358040
Nice warm-up on a wintry day.
14 min | 10 min prep
SERVES 2 -4
- 4 green tea bags
- 4 whole white cardamom pods
- 4 allspice berries
- 6 whole black peppercorns
- 2 whole star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick (2 inches)
- 4 cups boiling water
- 1 teaspoon sugar (to taste)
- Place tea bags into a prewarmed large tea pot; set aside.
- Crack open the cardamom pods using a mortar and pestle.
- Discard the empty pods, but keep the tiny black seeds; add the remaining spices to the mortar and crush all into medium-size pieces.
- Put the spices into a 4 cup heatproof measuring cup and add the boiling water; stir to mix, then let the spices infuse for 2 minutes.
- Quickly pour the infusion into the teapot, straining carefully to prevent the spices from going into the teapot.
- Steep the tea in the spice infusion for 2 minutes.
- Add sugar to the teapot and stir to dissolve; strain the brewed tea into teacups and serve immediately.
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