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mini rant: does anyone else get annoyed when people say chai tea? that's like saying tea-tea because chai actually means tea in about a dozen different languages. although the spiced milky concoction that is being sold is more of the East Indian style chai....anyways...
Doesn't anyone know how to make the real Chai?
take one cup water and one cup milk
bring to a boil.
toss in a teabag (or use 1-2 spoons of loose tea)
keep simmering
toss in a pod of cardomom (little green seed thing that has like 4-6 little black seedy things inside it).
add in a stick of cinnamon (powder does not work)
add in 1-2 spoons of sugar depending of you like your tea sweet or not
some people like to add in a couple of seeds of fennel
after about another 5 minutes of high powered simmering (almost a boil but not really, because you don't want the milk to burn, or bubble or congeal), take pot off the stove, strain if you used loose tea, and pour into cups. enjoy!
the whole process only takes like 15 minutes or so. serves 2
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