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Chai Tea

Name: Chai Tea
Prep time: 6 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 4 bags black tea; 2 cups milk; 2 tablespoons honey; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

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Prep 6 min
Total 10 min
Servings 4

We’ve all been there: you’re craving a coffeehouse-worthy chai tea, but man oh man do you not feel like leaving the house. Fortunately, there’s no need to put on shoes to depart from the comfort of your home when it’s this easy to make a classic Indian sweet and spicy tea in your own kitchen. Plus, homemade chai is far more affordable when you make it yourself.

By Tablespoon Kitchens

Updated December 11, 2019

Ingredients

2 cups water
4 bags black tea
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Steps

1

Heat water to boiling. Add tea bags; reduce heat. Simmer 2 minutes. Remove tea bags. Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling.
2

Stir with wire whisk to foam milk. Pour into cups.

You can prepare this chai tea up to 24 hours ahead of time. After making, just cover and refrigerate. To serve, simply reheat.
If you like a chai tea that’s on the sweeter side, increase the amount of honey.
Prefer your chai tea iced? Simply refrigerate the mixture until cold. For a blended chai tea, combine the refrigerated mixture with 1 cup of ice in a blender. Cover and blend on high speed until smooth.
This chai tea recipe calls for spices you will likely have in your spice drawer. Play around with flavor by adding more unique spices such as cardamom, peeled gingerroot, peppercorns and cloves.