Refreshing Iced Chai

Name: Refreshing Iced Chai
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South Asia — Muslim traditions
Ingredients: 2.5 cup water; 3 green cardamom pods; 1 tsp black peppercorns; 1 piece fresh ginger; 5 star anise; 0.25 tsp cinnamon; 0.25 cup loose black tea leaves; 2 cup milk; 2 tbsp turbinado sugar; ice cube

Loose black tea simmered on the stove and perfumed with cardamom and black peppercorns for a South Asian drink.

20 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Method

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Time: Prep 10 min · Cook 10 min · 20 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Place water in saucepan over medium heat. Add crushed cardamom pods and peppercorns. Add ginger, star anise and cinnamon; bring to a boil for 1 minute.
1 min
2
Add black tea, simmer 5 minutes. Stir in milk; return to simmer. Sweeten with turbanado sugar to taste; remove tea from heat.
5 min
3
Cool chai to room temperature. Once cool, pour through a fine mesh sieve into a pitcher. Discard solids.
4
Refrigerate chai up to one week. To serve, fill glasses with ice; pour chai over ice.