How to Make Indian Spiced Tea - Chai Recipe

Indian tea is very popular amongst Asian Communities. It is very good for you, with all the nutrients of the spices. Tea is grown in India, Bangladesh and many other countries and exported worldwide. So many countries have so many special tasting teas, but nothing comes close to an Indian Spiced Tea! Asian people call tea 'Chai' which means these types of teas

• herbal tea
• Indian spiced tea
• Indian ginger tea
• Indian green tea

You will notice below, my recipe is flexible so you can make any of the teas above. If you can master the technique (very simple) of making Indian spicy tea, then you can experiment with other ingredients. You can also buy tea online at the bottom of this recipe from the Amazon adverts.

I would like to share my recipe with you, and it's good to share, so get your cups and saucers ready! If you can perfect it, invite your friends over for a drink, but don't tell them the secret!

I drink this tea at least once every day, and it tastes better every time! I never used to be able to make tea before, and then something happened one night and i had to improve and learn properly how to make tea.

This recipe is for four people. You have to buy, if you haven't already got any, some spices required to get the best taste out of your tea. see below for the list and number of spices needed.

Now you have the engredients to make the perfect tea, get a pan and fill it up with half a litre of water.

Place on cooker and add all your spices in the water and boil for 5 minutes.

You will need:

4 cloves (or one teaspoon)

5 Cardamom

1 cinnamon (or half a teaspoon)

2 bay leafs

After boiling for 5 minutes, add 3 bags of your favourite tea (mine is PG Tips) and enough sugar to taste, then boil for another 4 minutes. You can stir it if you like, but is not required at this point.

After 1 or 2 minutes of adding the tea, add 150 ml of full fat milk (or what you prefer). Boil for another 5 minutes (longer if you like), and always stir continously. Be careful for it not to boil over.

After you have completed the process, without taking out the spices,serve your specially made Indian Spiced Tea in cups or in a glass by pouring the tea directly from the pan, if it is safe to do so. You will find the tea very tasty with the spices in the cup/glass (if you are lucky enough to get them!).

Last thing to do is ENJOY! (Don't burn your mouth though!)

(If you find that the tea may be too spicy, amend next time according to your taste).

If you manage to make the tea, any problems or recommendations, please comment below. I would love to know if you enjoyed it!

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