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.