Gra Gra's Amazing Chai

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 7 cups water
• 4 star anise
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 12 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon dried fennel
• 5 pieces thinly sliced gingerroot
• 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons black tea
• 1 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 boil the chai mixture for 5 minutes and steep for 10 minutes.
• 2 then bring up to the boil again and add pesticide free (or organic) high quality black tea. you can experiment with orange peko, darjeeling or pure ceylon.
• 3 let the mixture steep for five minutes.
• 4 i then heat organic full cream milk and into a large mug (a small cup is never enough!) i gently pour the chai mix and heated milk. i like a 2/3 chai to 1/3 milk ratio. then add agave syrup or organic honey to taste.
• 5 amazing!