My Salute to Chai Tea

Article Marketer
The Powerful Service That Submits Your Articles To 30,000 Publishers! Article Marketer

Chai is a popular way to prepare tea, with lots of different recipes Our chai tea is available in concentrates, latte mixes, and teabag form. Chai is a mixture of tea and spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom. It is traditionally blended with milk and can be enjoyed hot, cold, or blended with ice. The term 'chai' doesn't refer to an actual kind of tea or a specific drink, but a style of preparing it. Chai tea is usually served with a milk or cream, and is heavily spiced. Common spices in chai are cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, pepper, and allspice. Chai has come to North America from India, and has gained much popularity at coffeehouses and tea shops everywhere. It's not hard to make at home, and many of the spices are ones you likely have in your pantry. Here are a few great chai recipes to try:

From Sean Paajanen, Your Guide to Coffee / Tea. Stay up to date! Kashmiri Chai Tea A chai tea recipe with powdered almonds. INGREDIENTS: 1 tsp loose tea 4 cardamom pods, bruised 1 small cinnamon stick, broken up Saffron threads, a pinch 4 cups water 2 tbs finely powdered almonds Honey, to taste PREPARATION: Mix everything except honey and almonds in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and let tea steep for 5 minutes. Put a teaspoon of almonds in the bottom of each cup, and pour hot tea over. Sweeten with honey to taste.

Spicy Milk Tea A recipe for chai tea, with extra milk. INGREDIENTS: 4 tbs green tea 6 whole cloves 1/2 ground ginger 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup milk 4 cups water PREPARATION: Boil water, then simmer with cinnamon, ginger and cloves for about 10 minutes. Add tea and steep for another 5 minutes. Add milk and heat until near boiling. Strain out the spices and tea leaves. Serve chai with a bit of honey.

Masala Chai Tea One of my own favorite recipes for spiced tea, or chai. INGREDIENTS: 4 tsp loose tea, usually black 1 piece of dry ginger 3 cardamom pods, crushed 3 whole cloves 1 piece of cinnamon stick Milk and sugar to taste PREPARATION: Boil 2 cups of water, then add tea and spices. Boil for another half minute then remove from heat. Let sit for 1 minute. Strain out the spices and serve, with milk and/or sugar. Serves 4

Moon Chai A huge number of exotic spices in this chai recipe INGREDIENTS: 10 pieces of ginger, 1-inch 4 cinnamon sticks, broken 1 tsp green cardamom pods 2 1/4 tsp black peppercorns 1 tsp cloves, whole 1/2 tsp fennel seeds 1/2 tsp licorice root 1/2 tsp allspice 5 cups water 3 tbs honey Milk, to taste PREPARATION: Combine everything except for milk and honey, in a saucepan. Cover pot and simmer for 45 minutes. Remove the pot from heat, and let sit for another 35 minutes (covered). Strain out the spices and add honey, and milk if desired.

Thai Iced Tea A creamy iced tea, with some spicy hints. An iced tea recipe for all chai fans. INGREDIENTS: 6 cups water 8 tea bags, black 1 cup evaporated milk 4 tbs sugar 4 tsp cinnamon 4 tsp cardamom Ice, crushed PREPARATION: Boil the water and steep tea bags with cardamom for 5 minutes. Strain out teabags and let cool. Put ice into 4 glasses, and add tea. Leave about a quarter of the glass empty. To each glass add, 1 tbs sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 cup of milk

Holiday au Lait I couldn't forget the coffee lovers. This hot coffee drink has all the elements of a good cup of chai. Coffee with a few spices with lots of milk and vanilla. INGREDIENTS: 1 cup hot coffee 8 oz milk 1 oz vanilla syrup or extract 1/8 tsp of each: cinnamon, sugar, allspice, cloves PREPARATION: In the bottom of your mug, mix the spices and vanilla. Fill halfway with hot coffee, then the other half with warm milk

Join the Article Marketer Community.
The most popular article submission site on the net.
Article Marketer

Technorati Tags : chai, chai+tea, tea+recipes, recipes

Powered By Qumana