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Myra's Chai

Myra's Dionysus Restaurant chai recipe
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine British-Indian
Servings 3 cups

Equipment

  • 1 sauce pan
  • measuring cup and spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups water
  • 1/4 cup black tea leaves (OR 12 regular size tea bags, such as Lipton)
  • 2 TBLS cardamom pods
  • 2 TBLS ground ginger
  • 2 TBLS ground cinnamon
  • 1 teas. whole cloves
  • 1 teas. whole black peppercorns
  • 6 star anise
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 teas. vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Put all of the ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil.
    Turn the heat down to medium high, and boil for 15 minutes. Stir every so often, it will try to boil over if you have the heat too high.
  • Turn the heat off and let the solids settle (15 minutes or so), strain out as much as you can. Add the vanilla at this point if you like.
    Store in the refrigerator. Use 1/2 milk and 1/2 Chai and heat to serve.

Notes

If you use loose tea, It's important to let everything settle before trying to strain the chai! There is a lot of "sludge" from all the spices.
Keyword black pepper, Black tea, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, honey, star anise