serves 2
1 cup milk
1 cup water
2 cinnamon sticks
8 cardamon pods, lightly crushed
1 vanilla bean, cut into 1" pieces
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons black loose leaf tea
In a small sauce pot, heat the milk and water to a boil. Add all other ingredients, decrease heat to simmer, put a lid on the pot and let steep for 4 minutes. Make sure you've warmed some cups (I love traditional tiffin tea cups for this) with boiling water. Once the timer dings, strain the tea mixture immediately into the warmed cups. Enjoy with a small cookie or little sweety.
Chai!
"Chai" just means tea in India - it's the ubiquitous, catch all term for any combination of black tea, milk and spices. Every granny and walla has a slightly different ratio of the above items, so don't take my "recipe" too literally. Chai is the ultimate riff -- it's infinitely flexible and leaves room for what you have in your pantry and what your preferences are.
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