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Chai (Indian Tea)

 
About Chai Recipe

The presented recipe is most commonly use traditional recipe of clasic Indian spiced tea drink Chai. Like any Indian food, experiment with different amount of spices, milk and ingredient to get your kind of personalized chai. It can be very refreshing drink if made the way you like.

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 Ingredients

2.5 cups water
1 cup half and half milk
3 plain tea bags (Do not use green or other specialized variety)

Spices:
3 pods of cardamom
½ inch cinnamon stick
¼ teaspoon ginger
2 cloves

Sugar to taste

 Preparation
1 Boil everything except tea and sugar on the medium heat for more than few minutes
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Add tea bags and boil until desired color (i.e. strength) of tea.

Alternatively, tea bags can be served with each cup of tea for individual to decide strength of their tea.

3 Serve hot.
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