Masala Chai Recipe

Equipment

• Small Sauce Pan
• tea strainer

Ingredients

• 2¼ cups water add less water for creamy chai
• 2 teaspoons loose black tea
• ½ to ¾ cups milk add more milk for creamy chai
• 3 cloves
• 1 inch cinnamon stick
• 4 green cardamoms
• 6 black peppercorns
• ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 inch fresh ginger or ½ teaspoon ground ginger powder

Optional ingredients

• lemon grass
• mint
• rose petals

Instructions

1. Add water to a sauce pan on medium-high heat.
2. Coarsely grind the whole spices in a mortar and pestle. Add to the hot water. Note: you can add ½ teaspoon of chai masala instead of grinding spices.
3. Coarly grind fresh ginger and add to the saucepan.
4. Allow the water to come to a gentle boil and then add black tea. Optionally add fresh mint leaves, lemon grass, or dried rose petals if you like.
5. Bring to a full boil on medium-high heat, lower the heat, and allow the tea to simmer for 1 to 2 minutes.
6. Add milk, and sugar to taste. Bring the chai to a full boil and allow to simmer for a minute or two. Turn the heat off.
7. Strain the tea into individual cups.