Delicious! I just added 1/4-1/2 teaspoon of ginger and a couple of cardamom pods to make it even better.
A chai recipe with no cardamom? I understand that everybody likes their chai different but that's a staple for me. Also I would simmer the spices for a while before adding the tea. The spices just need to cook in there a little longer in order for them to be strong enough. Having the tea in there that long makes for bitter drinking.
This tasted pretty good. It was a little weak for my tastes though so I doubled the amount of spices in it and added a pinch or so of cardamom for flavor. To have a more authentic tasting chai sweeten this with honey. This is far cheaper than the drinks you can buy at coffee shops and tastes nearly the same.
Good recipe a bit too sweet for me. I opted out of the orange peel and next time I'll put less sugar. Also I threw in a few cardomom pods and they sealed the taste.
I'm drinking it right now and all I can say is AWESOME!!! I had to make some substitutions because I didn't have some of the ingredients called for and I was craving some Chai like I had at a home tasting party. I used a clementine peel a small pinch of ground cloves about 3/4 tsp of ground cinnamon a bit of fresh coarse ground pepper and two decaffeinated tea bags as my substitutes. The other ingredients I used were exactly as the recipe called for. I always make substitutes in recipes if I want something and don't have everything here! This chai is just perfect. I love it!
I thought this reciepe would be a hit. It was good but not as good as I thought I'd be. Next time I will definatly keep the lid on becuase it evaporated a lot! I will also add a little more spices than the recipe calls for and with those few changes I think it'll turn out great. Also a few hints: I used ground cloves and a black tea tea bag instead. Over all this chai gave me a morning kick. thanks for the recipe
A great recipe! Instead of sugar I used a little honey for extra flavor and less sweetness.
I started to make this recipe and then realized I was out of black tea leaves. OOPS! I used 1 cups water cup whole milk 5 whole cloves 1 fat cinnamon stick 2 pinches of nutmeg between 4 and 5 tsp of sugar and about 1 TBS instant tea. I omitted the orange peel and the peppercorns and I added in 2 allspice berries. It turned out as a 4 (nice but mild in flavor... I prefer the dry Chai Tea Mix by Jo) but it would probably be a 5 if I had used black tea leaves instead of the instant tea so I'm rating it as a 5! My 3-year old enjoys it too. Thanks Riley!
I have never had "real" chai but I thought this was delicious and it is a keeper. Nice change of pace from regular coffee or tea.
