How To Make Chai Tea | Indian Tea

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I've been both praised and cursed for my tea. Praised because it always tastes so good, cursed because it's so strong that my tea drinkers are usually up until the wee hours of the morning, tossing and turning because they can't sleep. So with caution and fair warning, here's my tea recipe (which is a combination of tea recipes from my sister in law and a couple of close friends):
2-4 cups of water
5-8 peppercorns
2-3 crushed green cardamom
3-6 cloves
1 cinnamon stick or a generous sprinkle of cinnamon powder
2 teaspoons of loose black tea
2 tablespoons of brown sugar or more or less of your desired sweetener
3 tablespoons of heavy cream or similar creamer

Add all spices (not tea, sugar or cream) to a pot of water. Bring to a boil. Cover and let simmer for as long as you'd like (sometimes I give it 5 minutes, other times, I put it on the lowest flame and leave it for 30 minutes or more while I do something else). Add tea and cover. Remove from heat and let it steep for 3-5 minutes. Next, add cream and sugar and bring back up to a boil. Reduce heat and let it simmer for a couple minutes. Using a strainer, pour into a cup and enjoy!

You can get creative with your chai! Some people like a bit of fresh ginger as well. You can also make this tea with tea bags. In my experience, you need more tea bags than typical to get the desired strength and color.

What additions do you like? Share in the comments!

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I made it. Insanely delicious! Thank you!! I used cinnamon powder and cardamom power because that’s what I had and it turned out great.

Cranefly
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Chai is tea!! So it's a "tea tea" 😁
PS. A true chai lover from India!! Once you start having chai, there is no turning back!

drarpitparmar
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I made this tea and it is SO good. Whole family loved it :) I only simmered the spices and water for around five or ten minutes and the flavour was still perfect. I added 2 star anises, which gave it a nice kick of flavour, too. Thank you!

apinchofcardamom
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I remembered you put this out and came looking for it 🤗 I can’t believe it’s been 4 years! Your kids must be huge now! Thx again!

mrs.garcia
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Ok so I don't even like tea, not even sweet tea and I live in Florida (my boyfriend thinks I'm crazy). I only enjoy chai tea, and even then I'm super picky. I've been searching for a good chai tea recipe, and holy cow this is the one. It's soooo good! I used whole milk instead of heavy cream, but I bet it's even better with heavy cream. Thank you!!

Kelly-gnxb
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We call it Masala Tea.
And we use Ginger or Dried gingerroot and Cinnamon to make the tea.

colorswordsandlearning
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Amazing.. I tried this and also added ginger.. and now I am badly addicted to it..thanks for sharing

ashlesha
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I happen to have a milk steamer, so I'll probably make this as a latte. I'm planning to pre proportion these in some small Tupperware, so I can just dump and boil. Thanks for the recipe

z_zoom
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Thank you, a resturant a block from my home used to make this but it went out of business so I am especially glad to see this recipe.

KS-clbr
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Perfect time for tea ☕️...a bit of condensed milk tastes yummy also...thank you for sharing!

homeschooledaroundtheworld
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I had an Indian grandfather who made this almsot the same way but added the tea to boiling milk and added fennel seeds for flavour....Its good either way !

gerardmanfroid
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Thanks so much for such a great tutorial, a great recipe, and writing it down so clearly. I'll add ginger with the other spices though. ❤

sherrybirchall
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You didn't add ginger, in India we always add ginger either dried ginger powder or freshly crushed ginger along with the spices.
We drink herbal tea also by adding Ashwagandha( Indian ginseng),
Mulethi (licorice) Tulsi ( Holy Basil) along with the above mentioned spices, instead of sugar, in southern India Karupatti ( palm jaggery ) is added

mimi
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Thank you so much for this tutorial👏. I have been really craving chai tea but can't purchase at coffee shop as it's LOADED with sugar - I have an issue with glucose levels.
I followed this recipe and left out the sugar other than about a quarter teaspoon of raw honey. (I also used English breakfast tea so will be buying loose leaf black tea)
It is delicious and I can't wait to make it for friends😋
Again, thanks so much.

dottydee
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It’s best if you dry heat the ingredients first to release more aroma and then add the water afterwards.

andrewlam
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Thank you, you gave very good instruction and made it easy to follow the recipe.😉👍🏿👍🏿

atheb
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Awesome, it looks delicious. 😊 just for the sake of sharing information ; word " Chai" and " tea " are both originally chinese words for the green herb that we know and use . Chai word was used in south china and in that name then it became pupolar in Asia and in north China it was called a name close to tea and then it became papular as tea in Europe and west . So both tea and Chai is the name of same herb . 🌿 The tea drink is made differently in different places and Chai masala is a great warm drink. Thanks for the video ❤.

herawi
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i made, one cup pg tea, 1 cup tassimo gingerbread milk, then as above, tea was making in cup, while the other ingredients blended, the clove taste is awesome. then mixed all together in blender, while i am drinking the first cup, the tea bag is i the blender, in the boiling water, making the tea even stronger.

rduggan
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Miss you sister Hana, I hope everything is going well for you InshaAllah miss your old videos that got deleted, the Ramadan vlog was my favorite and the homeschooling ones ❤️

butterflyb
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I've been wanting to try a true Chai (not just tea bags sold in store which are good, but was always curious on how it compairs). Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Love your videos.

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