Re: How do you makle chai???
For 2 cups of black tea with milk:
- Boil water in an electric kettle
- I use two tea bags (Liption or Tetley)
- Plus some loose tea (Red Label is a favorite) – 1/2 or 3/4 teaspoon.
- Rinse the teapot with some boiled water to heat it. Throw out that water.
- Place teabags and loose tea in tea pot. This is also a time you can add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, etc, if you like.
- Add two cups of boiled water.
- Cover with a tea cozy
- Heat milk
- Pour milk into tea cup, estimating how much you would need (you can do this after the tea is added if you like; however once you are more familiar with how much milk you like, add the milk before the tea for a nice texture to the tea. It tastes better.
- Add tea
- Add sugar if desired.
I was raised in a community of Fascist tea drinkers.