Chai teabags
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 18 teabags
Fill teabags with spices and tea leaves for a gorgeous bespoke gift. They're a lovely present at Christmas
Ingredients
- 18 cardamom pods , cracked
- 2 tbsp ground ginger
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tbsp ground black pepper
- ½ nutmeg , grated
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 150g black assam tea leaves
Method
- STEP 1
Toast the cardamom pods, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, and cloves in a dry frying pan for 1 min.
- STEP 2
Mix the spices in a bowl with the tea leaves, then fill 18 empty teabags with the mixture and seal. Package with serving instructions: To make a chai latte, brew 1 teabag in 200ml boiled whole or coconut milk for 5 mins, then sweeten with honey to taste. Or, simply brew with boiling water. Will keep in a sealed jar for six months.
