Chai Spice (Tea) Concentrate- Three Versions
Recipe: #22502
January 12, 2016
Categories: Beverages, Breakfast, Indian, 5-Minute Prep, One-Pot Meal, Brunch, Fat Free Gluten-Free, Low Fat, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Spices, Kosher Dairy, more
"I love chai tea but the authentic recipes call for whole spices that I don't keep on hand. I do keep these ground spices on hand and I make it up in advance so it all comes together early in the morning."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (35.3 g)
- Calories 36.5
- Total Fat - 1.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.6 g
- Cholesterol - 3.4 mg
- Sodium - 32.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 5.6 g
- Protein - 1 g
- Calcium - 38.3 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Option 1: combine all the ingredients in a food processor or a coffee grinder. Store in a dry place. Use 1-2 Tbs per cup of strongly brewed black tea.
Step 2
Option 2: For an even easier option, substitute a can of sweetened, condensed milk for the powdered milk/turbinado sugar. You may want to thin it with some water or milk so it will blend. Store in the refrigerator. Use 1-2 Tbs per cup of tea.
Step 3
Option 3: For personal reasons I stopped using the canned or powdered milk above so I've started just using the spice mix alone and add my cream and sweetener to the cup of tea separately. I will brew a pot of tea and use about 1 tsp of spice to the pot.
Note: To fill up a spice jar. 2 Tablespoons of coriander, ginger, cinnamon. 1 Tablespoon ground cardamom. 1.5 teaspoons cloves and nutmeg. I haven't used the pepper yet even though it is traditional
Tips
No special items needed.