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.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 53 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 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.

Step 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.