How to Make Handcrafted Chai Tea

Jun 10, 2021

10 minutes

Ever wondered how to make Chai at home? Tired of the chai tea latte served by Starbucks and the likes? Ask any Indian/Asian person and they will tell you, "Chai Tea Latte" doesn't make sense becoz chai means tea! Lol! So you are just saying Tea Tea Latte, hahaha!! Here's a complete how-choo guide to get invigorating tea from your own kitchen.

Kitchen tools
1 ea	Sieve
2 ea	Mugs
1 ea	Pan/pot with a handle to make tea
1 ea	Spoon to stir
Ingredients
2 spoons	sugar
1 cup	Milk
1 cup	Water
1 ea	Freshly grated Ginger
1 ea	Lemon grass(optional)
1 spoon	Tea - Tata Gold (found in Indian Grocery Stores or on Amazon)
2 ea	cardamoms

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This recipe serves two and takes about 15 mins. Add sugar per taste, can be replaced with raw sugar or equal/stevia. Honey is not the best option here.

Put the cup of water in a pot and add one spoon tea leaves. Add two spoons sugar and add grated ginger. You can also add lemon grass or opened cardamom cloves. (Usually we use a mix of crushed spices - cardamom, cloves, cinammon etc)

Keep it on medium heat for a couple of mins till it comes to a boil.

Add the cup of milk. Stir gently.

Let it boil again .

Pour the tea into your mugs using a seive to filter out all the loose tea leaves. You can toss the tea leaves, do not re-use them. Enjoy your tea with some crackers , chips or biscuits.

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How to Make Handcrafted Chai Tea

Instructions

Initial Ingredients

First boil

Adding milk

Voila, your tea is ready.

Finallyyy...