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The most delicious tea recipes
A traditional Indian chai is made with loose tea, herbs and spices, milk and water. By letting it steep all the fl avours make for a full and intense taste experience. This is how you make a chai latte:
What you need: 4 tea spoons loose black tea | 2 cardamom pods | 2 cloves | 1 star anise | 1 peppercorn | half a tea spoon cinnamon | half a tea spoon ginger powder | half a vanilla stick | a dash of nutmeg | 2 cups of milk | honey
Preparation: 1. Put the cardamom, cloves, star anise and peppercorn in a mortar and bruise with the pestle. 2. Put the milk in a pan on medium heat. 3. When the milk is warm, add the tea, the herbs and spices, the ginger powder, the vanilla stick, the nutmeg and the cinnamon. 4. Let simmer for 10 minutes but don’t bring to a boil! 5. Strain the mixture. 6. Pour into a high glass and add a tea spoon of honey to taste.
Iced tea! The perfect drink for a sunny day, or to drink during your workday. You can buy many kinds of iced tea in stores, but it’s even more fun to make it yourself.
What you need: 1 litre of water | 8 to 12 grams loose tea | fresh fruit | sugar or honey | ice cubes
Preparation: 1. Fill a large pitcher with 1 litre of water. 2. Add the loose tea and put in the fridge. 3. Let steep for 812 hours, it’s easiest to do this overnight. 4. Take the pitcher out of the fridge and strain to remove the loose tea . 5. Cut up the fruit and add it to the pitcher. 6. Add a tablespoon of sugar or honey to taste. 7. Fill a glass with ice cubes and pour in your iced tea.
When you make your own iced tea, the possibilities in fl avours are endless. Our favourite iced tea fl avour combinations are: white tea with peach, lemon and a little bit of honey; green tea with lemon, ginger and mint; Earl grey with orange and lemon; rooibos tea with mango, lemon and orange; lemon verbena tea with ginger, cucumber and orange.
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The most delicious tea recipes
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