Recipe#9898

Title: Chai 09

From: Addicts addicts@winternet.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Chai 
 Date: 9 Feb 1999 23:28:02 -0700 
 Message-ID: <4.1.19990207221357.0097c100@mail.winternet.com> 

6 cups cold water
 1/3 cup milk, or to taste
 1 stick cinnamon, (3")
 6 whole green cardamons
 4 whole cloves
 12 black peppercorn, optional
 12 teaspoons sugar, or to taste
 6 teaspoons leaf tea (heaping) or tea bags (orange pekoe) 
 Combine water and milk in a deep pan, and bring to a boil.  Add
 the spices and sugar.  Stir to blend, and turn off the heat.  Cover
 the pan and let the spices soak for at least 10 minutes.  Add the
 tea leaves or tea bags and bring the water to a second boil.  Reduce
 heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.  Uncover, check the color
 and taste, and if desired add more milk and sugar.  Strain the tea
 into a warm teapot and serve immediately.
 Note: This is the way traditional spiced tea is made. You may,
 however, omit the milk or sugar, or both, in which case reduce the
 quantity of tea to 2 heaping teaspoons or 3 tea bags.