Chai

Topic started by sheila (@ uidc2-94.inav.uiowa.net) on Thu Jul 19 13:05:02 .
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I am looking for the spices needed to make Indian tea. Does someone have a recipe or know which spices I should add to black tea?

Responses:

From: Lavanya (@ ac8aa47d.ipt.aol.com) on: Thu Jul 19 13:42:16

Hai Sheila,

you could add a lot of herbs and spices to tea depending upon your taste. You could add mint to tea to make mint tea, you could add lemon wedges , or you could add grated ginger to make ginger tea, or you could add some cream to black tea for a change.....or you could add 'chai masala' to make masala chai........the list is endless.......You could add whatever pleases you. Happy tea drinking!!
From: Sundar (@ ip16.79.blca.blazenet.net) on: Thu Jul 19 14:37:10

Sheila,

Here's my top 3 spices. I add these to black loose tea while brewing it.

1. Cardamom - skin and seeds.
2. Cloves.
3. Ginger (fresh if possible)

If you like, you can also add:

4. Black pepper (zing!)
5. Mace/Nutmeg
6. Cinnamon (not to my taste).

The tea has to be brewed really strong, IMO, to assert itself over these spices. I also like it extra sweet.

You can buy packaged "chai masala", which I find is quite good in many cases.