Chai Tea Mix

By Peggie

Ingredients

• 1 tsp ground Cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground Ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground Cloves
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom pods, crushed
• 1 Star anise, crushed
• 1/2 cinnamon stick, crushed
• 4 tablespoons loose black tea

Preparation

Step 1

In a mortar and pestle, crush all the whole spices, add the powders, and grind it all together.

Put in a pretty jar, and mix the black tea in.

Shake it together.

Now think what a lovely present that would make for your mum…or for you.

My teapot holds 500mls of water. I put 2 teaspoons of Chai mix in, filled it to the top with freshly boiled water, and let it brew for 5-8 minutes.

Warm enough milk for 1/2 cup of milk per person in a pot on the stove, or in the microwave. That’s if your one of those poor people like me who don’t have a nice coffee machine with a milk steamer!

Fill half of each tea cup with hot milk, and put in the chai.

Add sugar to your taste. Chai is usually quite a sweet tea.

This amount of tea gave me 5 little cute tea cups of tea, or it would do 2-3 mugs of tea.