Ingredients:

• Black tea
• Milk
• Sweetener
• Cinnamon
• Cloves 
• Ginger
• Nutmeg
• Allspice
• Cardamom
• Black pepper, coriander, and anise (optional)

Instructions:

1. Start by putting your milk in a saucepan over low heat with all your spices. If you have whole spices, it’s better to you use them here so you won’t have any grittiness, but ground works just fine too. Let your milk heat up slowly, giving it lots of time to soak up flavor from the spices.
2. Be sure not to let it boil, as it may burn. Once it’s beginning to simmer, add your tea and let it steep for around five minutes. If you prefer a thinner, less rich tea add boiling water along with the tea.
3. Once it’s steeped for long enough, add your sweetener to taste, strain out the spices and tea, and serve.

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Knowing the Basics

1. Bring water, milk and chai spices of choice to a simmer in a small saucepan on the stove.
2. Reduce heat and add in black tea.
3. Wait for tea to steep.
4. Strain the warm spiced mixture into a mug; to hold back the whole spices and tea leaves.
5. Stir some sugar into your chai and sweeten it to taste.

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Getting Specific

As for the actual spices, there are ground blends of sweet spices you can find at any Indian grocery, but the flavor will likely be more poignant if you use fresh spices. Some of the most popular options include cinnamon ginger, coles, fennel, and star anise. For authenticity’s sake, it should be generously sweetened. There are really no exact measurements, it all depends on your personal preference and the number of servings you need.

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Chai tea is an amazing beverage that has the power to calm you down and warm your heart when you need it the most. It first appeared in India thousands of years ago. According to the legend, originally it was made using native spices and it was used for healing practice Ayurveda. The word “chai” actually means tea, so you can also call “chai tea” “tea tea” and you wouldn’t be wrong.

Chai tea as we know it today is made using black tea and aromatic spices. There’s a difference between chai tea and a chai tea latte, though many believe they refer to the same thing. Chai tea latte actually contains a lot more sugar and can also have added cream or sweetener. It’s commonly served with whipped cream, too.

Chai tea, however, gets its flavor from milk, some sugar, and traditional spices like ginger and cardamom. It comes with many health benefits like improving heart health and reducing cholesterol.

The post Do You Know What Chai Tea Is? appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

The recipe is so simple to follow, and you can add small tweaks and changes to your taste. Once you try it you’ll be having it all autumn and winter long.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 cinnamon quill
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
• 10 black whole peppercorns
• 3 clove buds
• 2 tablespoons black tea
• 8 green cardamom pods
• 2 cups of coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons coconut sugar

Instructions:

• For this coconut chai tea recipe, you will need a mortar and pestle. Start by crushing the ginger.
• Next, include the fennel seeds, cardamom pods, clove buds, peppercorns. Crush all the spices together, breaking all the pods to get the most out of the ingredients.
• Use a pan to combine the sugar, water, cinnamon quill, and spices. Wait for the mixture to start boiling.
• When it’s boiling, pour 1 tablespoon of water in the mix.
• Next, add the coconut milk together with the black tea.
• Let the coconut chai tea simmer for 5 to 7 minutes. Strain it and serve it immediately.

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Ingredients:

• Black tea
• Milk
• Sweetener
• Cinnamon
• Cloves 
• Ginger
• Nutmeg
• Allspice
• Cardamom
• Black pepper, coriander, and anise (optional)

Instructions:

1. Start by putting your milk in a saucepan over low heat with all your spices. If you have whole spices, it’s better to you use them here so you won’t have any grittiness, but ground works just fine too. Let your milk heat up slowly, giving it lots of time to soak up flavor from the spices.
2. Be sure not to let it boil, as it may burn. Once it’s beginning to simmer, add your tea and let it steep for around five minutes. If you prefer a thinner, less rich tea add boiling water along with the tea.
3. Once it’s steeped for long enough, add your sweetener to taste, strain out the spices and tea, and serve.

The post The Best Way to Make Chai at Home as the Weather Gets Cold appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Knowing the Basics

1. Bring water, milk and chai spices of choice to a simmer in a small saucepan on the stove.
2. Reduce heat and add in black tea.
3. Wait for tea to steep.
4. Strain the warm spiced mixture into a mug; to hold back the whole spices and tea leaves.
5. Stir some sugar into your chai and sweeten it to taste.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Ayurveda with Sara Shaikh (@sarasincolorantes)

Getting Specific

As for the actual spices, there are ground blends of sweet spices you can find at any Indian grocery, but the flavor will likely be more poignant if you use fresh spices. Some of the most popular options include cinnamon ginger, coles, fennel, and star anise. For authenticity’s sake, it should be generously sweetened. There are really no exact measurements, it all depends on your personal preference and the number of servings you need.

The post How to Make a Perfect Classic Chai appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Chai tea is an amazing beverage that has the power to calm you down and warm your heart when you need it the most. It first appeared in India thousands of years ago. According to the legend, originally it was made using native spices and it was used for healing practice Ayurveda. The word “chai” actually means tea, so you can also call “chai tea” “tea tea” and you wouldn’t be wrong.

Chai tea as we know it today is made using black tea and aromatic spices. There’s a difference between chai tea and a chai tea latte, though many believe they refer to the same thing. Chai tea latte actually contains a lot more sugar and can also have added cream or sweetener. It’s commonly served with whipped cream, too.

Chai tea, however, gets its flavor from milk, some sugar, and traditional spices like ginger and cardamom. It comes with many health benefits like improving heart health and reducing cholesterol.

The post Do You Know What Chai Tea Is? appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

The recipe is so simple to follow, and you can add small tweaks and changes to your taste. Once you try it you’ll be having it all autumn and winter long.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 cinnamon quill
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
• 10 black whole peppercorns
• 3 clove buds
• 2 tablespoons black tea
• 8 green cardamom pods
• 2 cups of coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons coconut sugar

Instructions:

• For this coconut chai tea recipe, you will need a mortar and pestle. Start by crushing the ginger.
• Next, include the fennel seeds, cardamom pods, clove buds, peppercorns. Crush all the spices together, breaking all the pods to get the most out of the ingredients.
• Use a pan to combine the sugar, water, cinnamon quill, and spices. Wait for the mixture to start boiling.
• When it’s boiling, pour 1 tablespoon of water in the mix.
• Next, add the coconut milk together with the black tea.
• Let the coconut chai tea simmer for 5 to 7 minutes. Strain it and serve it immediately.

The post Coconut Chai Tea is the Coolest Drink This Fall appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.