Tea Recipes – Various Hot Tea and Chai Tea Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 cups water
- 3 allspice, whole
- 5 cloves, whole
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 vanilla bean (1-inch)
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 tbs loose black tea leaves
How to make:
Masala 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
How to make Masala Chai Tea:
Chop up ginger into fine pieces, and break up cinnamon stick. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil, then add tea leaves and all the spices. Let everything brew at boiling for 30 to 45 seconds. Remove from heat, then let steep at room temperature for another minute.Strain out the tea and pieces of spice. Serve hot and fragrant, with only a touch of milk or sugar.
Kashmiri Tea Recipe
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
How to make:
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.
Cran-Ginger Tea Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 tea bags
- 2 cups hot water
- 1/2 cup ginger, fresh and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup cranberries
- 1/2 cup cranberry juice
- Pinch of nutmeg
How to make Ginger Chai Tea:
Steep tea, ginger and cranberries in water for 15 minutes. Strain and add nutmeg and cranberry juice. Serve warm.
Saffron Tea
Ingredients:
- 8 tsp black tea, loose
- 8 cups water
- 12 green cardamom pods
- 8 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp saffron threads
how to make Saffron Tea:
Heat water with cardamom, sugar and saffron. Simmer until reduced by half. Add tea and steep for about 10 minutes. Strain out tea and spices, and serve hot for 8.
Marmalade Tea Recipe
- 5 cups water
- 3 tea bags, black
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade
- 2 tbs sugar
- 2 tbs lemon juice
Steep tea in near boiling water for 5 minutes. Stir in marmalade, sugar and lemon juice, until marmalade is melted and well mixed. Strain if desired and serve.
Serves 4-5
Four Spice Chai Tea Recipe
A creamy chai with the zip of whole peppercorns.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbs black tea leaves
- 1 3-inch cinnamon stick
- 4 whole cloves
- 4 whole black peppercorns
- 4 whole cardamom pods
- 4 tsp sugar
How to make:
Heat water to simmering and add tea leaves. Let simmer and steep for about 3 minutes, then stir in the sugar and spices. Continue to simmer for another 5 – 10 minutes, depending on how strong you want your chai. Then pour in the milk, and keep heating until it’s all warmed through. Strain out the spices and serve hot.
Mulled Pineapple Tea
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups pineapple juice
- 2 tea bags
- 1 tsp whole cloves
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 1 lemon, sliced
How to make:
Heat water and pineapple juice in a saucepan, until boiling. Add cloves, cinnamon, lemon slices and tea bags. Simmer for 10 minutes. Strain out spices and tea bags. Serve hot for 4.
Chocolate Mint Tea
Ingredients:
- 6 mint tea bags
- 6 cups milk
- 6 tbs hot chocolate mix
How to make:
In a saucepan, heat milk with tea bags until almost boiling. Steep for a couple of minutes and strain out tea bags. Pour our 6 mugs of milk, then stir in a tablespoon of chocolate powder in each mug.
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