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Monday, September 30, 2013

CHAI TEA MIXTURE

  •    1 cup Fresh Ginger; sliced into rounds - and ground up with 1 cup of water in a Magic Bullet mixer
  •       2 tsp fennel seeds
  •       20 cardamom seeds
  •       20 peppercorns
  •       10 whole cloves
  •       1 cinnamon stick

Heat up all spices in a saucepan (just until warm and you start to smell the aroma; do NOT burn)
Grind all the spices up in a coffee grinder

Combine all her spices and the ginger mixture in 7 cups of water
Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and simmer (for 20 minutes)
Refrigerate overnight and strain

To make a dairy free latte:
Steep 1 cup of the chai mixture with ¼ tsp black tea (or your tea of choice) for about 20 minutes
Add 2 Tbsp of the honey simple syrup - or to taste (see recipe below)
Add -roughly- 2 Tbsp coconut milk

Honey Simple Syrup
1 cup of honey heated up with 1 cup water
Bring to a boil

Cool and Refrigerate until ready to use

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