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+title: "Homemade Chai Tea"
+date: 2013-01-31T09:09:14-04:00
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+![I Love Tea](/img/homemade_chai_tea/i_love_tea.jpg)
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+I love tea very much, especially Chai tea. I have tried hard to be
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+a coffee drinker, loving the smell and spending my time in coffee
+
+shops. Seems the drink of choice for most people, but
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+I find over and over that I can’t get past it’s strong bitter flavor, not
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+to mention the stomachache that follows shortly behind me finishing
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+a cup. I do drink one cup per week (Saturday morning), but this cup
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+is normally lased with a good deal of Bailey’s Irish cream!
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+Chai and green tea are normally my drink of choice. I have become
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+a bit of a Chai connoisseur and finally this week was able to make
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+my first batch of homemade Chai! Drinking it brought me back to
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+The Lux coffee house ([http://www.luxcoffee.com](https://href.li/?http://www.luxcoffee.com/)) in downtown Phoenix
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+who brewed some of the best I have ever tasted! So different then the
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+watered down, highly sweet mess you get from Starbuck’s or any coffee
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+shop too lazy to brew a few spices.
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+Here is the recipe. I tweaked it to my taste but there are lots of different
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+variations out there.
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+## *Ingredients*
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+*Makes 2 servings*
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+- 1 teaspoon [fennel seeds](https://href.li/?http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/fennel-seed/index.html)
+- 6-8 green cardamom pods
+- 15-20 whole cloves
+- 1 [cinnamon](https://href.li/?http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/cinnamon/index.html) stick (broken up)
+- 2-3 pieces ginger root, peeled, thinly sliced
+- 2 Star Anise
+- 2 cups water
+- 2 teaspoons black tea ([Darjeeling](https://href.li/?http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/darjeeling-tea/index.html) is the best)
+- Sweeten to your taste (4 tablespoons brown sugar, honey or
+- 1 cup whole milk
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+## *Directions*
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+In a small saucepan, combine the water, cardamom, ginger,
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+cinnamon stick, fennel and star anise. Bring the mixture to a boil
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+then lower the heat and simmer for a few minutes until the mixture
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+is fragrant. Add the milk and tea leaves, and simmer for another
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+minute then turn off the heat and let steep for 2 minutes. Pour into
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+a cup through a fine mesh sieve. Discard the leaves and spices.
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+Add sweetener, to taste.
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+*If you want deeply flavorful tea in the morning, follow these*
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+*alternate directions starting the night before.*