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title: "Homemade Chai Tea"
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date: 2013-01-31T09:09:14-04:00
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typora-root-url: ../../static
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featuredImage: "/img/homemade_chai_tea/i_love_tea.jpg"
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---
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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
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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)
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- 6-8 green cardamom pods
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- 15-20 whole cloves
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- 1 [cinnamon](https://href.li/?http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/cinnamon/index.html) stick (broken up)
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- 2-3 pieces ginger root, peeled, thinly sliced
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- 2 Star Anise
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- 2 cups water
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- 2 teaspoons black tea ([Darjeeling](https://href.li/?http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/darjeeling-tea/index.html) is the best)
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- Sweeten to your taste (4 tablespoons brown sugar, honey or
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- 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.*
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