Homemade Chai from Scratch

Article by: www.ohhowcivilized.com

Ingredients

Makes 2 cups

• 3/4 cup water
• 1 1/4 cup almond milk 
• 2 teaspoons of black tea (Assam or Ceylon)
• 1/2 piece cinnamon stick
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 5 whole green cardamom pods
• 5 whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 star anise
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• pinch of coarse ground pepper

Steps

1. Crush and roughly chop the star anise, cloves and cardamoms.
2. In a saucepan, add all the ingredients except for the vanilla extract.
3. Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Take off heat. Add vanilla extract.
4. Using a strainer, pour or ladle chai into mugs. Enjoy!