Chai Indian Tea

---

Chai is basically black tea brewed with selected spices and milk. This is the most commonly used traditional recipe of the classic indian spiced tea. chai tastes are personal and the making of chai requires experimenting with different amounts of spices, milk and ingredients to discover the specific blend of spices to suit your tastes. Be sure to use black tea for this recipe, not green or some other specialized variety.

---

Steps

---

Once water begins to boil add the cardamom , peppercorns , cinnamon sticks , ginger and cloves.

---

Simmer over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes.

---

Add milk.

---

Add black tea bags and simmer 4 to 5 minutes or until the desired strength of tea is reached.

---

Strain , serve and enjoy !.

---

If you would like to sweeten things up a bit , add enough sugar to suit your taste.

---

Ingredients

---

water, milk, black tea bags, cardamom pods, black peppercorns, cinnamon stick, ginger powder, cloves, sugar