Chai Tea Recipe: Mix for Hot Masala Chai Tea
Posted By Andrea Green On December 11, 2012 @ 12:27 pm In Chai Tea Recipes | 2 Comments
This Chai Tea Recipe, a concentrated mix for Hot Masala Chai Tea, is a great gift for giving neighbors, hostesses or tea-loving friends at Christmas or anytime of year!
“Masala” means spices and “Chai” means tea. This recipe for a concentrated mix steeps milk with the traditional spices. This is then added to a hot cup of brewed black tea and sweetened with honey to taste.
If you have a coffee grinder, it is a great tool for crushing the spices.
Giving these as gifts? Please see the resources below for FREE printable labels with instructions, like the example below, on how to make your Hot Masala Chai Tea.
Ingredients
- 20 whole, green cardamom pods
- 20 whole cloves
- 20 whole black peppercorns
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 5 whole allspice berries
- 1/2 inch piece of ginger, peeled
- 4 cups milk (may try substituting soy or almond milk)
Instructions
- Crush the cardamom pods, cloves, peppercorns, and allspice berries with either a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder. (You will be straining these out, so do not crush too small.)
- In a medium saucepan, warm the milk. Add the crushed spices, cinnamon sticks and the piece of ginger.
- Allow to simmer 45 minutes.
- Remove from heat and strain the milk using either cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer.
- Cool immediately. This mixture will keep 7 to 10 days in the refrigerator.
Resources
- If you are packaging the Chai for gift giving, you can print FREE labels [4] with instructions.
- Here is where you can find the colorful bakers twine [5] – perfect for adding that homemade look!
- Find vintage glass bottles [6]perfect for packaging/storing your Chai Tea!
- If you choose to use Starbucks Frappacino bottles (like I did in the picture) the labels are really sticky. I find this non-toxic product [7] gets rid of it easily!
If you like Chai, be sure to try my Chai Tea Smoothie Recipe [8]
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