How To Make Homemade Chai Tea Concentrate
This chai tea concentrate is made with cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg, simmered with vanilla and sugar. Save and refrigerate for a homemade chai tea!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12cardamom pods,gently crushed
- 8whole black peppercorns
- 8whole cloves
- 4fresh ginger,1-inch, sliced
- 4cupswater
- 4cinnamon sticks
- 3whole allspice,optional
- 2tbspbrown sugar,more or less to taste
- 2star anise
- 1vanilla bean,sliced down the middle
- â…›tspnutmeg
- 4black tea bags
Instructions
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Bring the cardamom, peppercorns, cloves, ginger, water, cinnamon, allspice, sugar, star anise, vanilla bean, and nutmeg together to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
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Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, then simmer for 15 minutes.
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Add the tea bags, then let steep for 5 minutes.
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Pour the mixture through a strainer, then reserve the liquid for concentrate.
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Let cool to room temperature.
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Mix equal parts concentrate with water or milk to make chai tea.
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Serve warm or cold, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 87.41kcal
- Fat:Â 0.90g
- Saturated Fat:Â 0.22g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 0.22g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.18g
- Carbohydrates:Â 20.02g
- Fiber:Â 3.51g
- Sugar:Â 5.64g
- Protein:Â 1.63g
- Sodium:Â 21.37mg
- Calcium:Â 70.09mg
- Potassium:Â 318.15mg
- Iron:Â 1.28mg
- Vitamin A: 1.12µg
- Vitamin C:Â 4.03mg
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