How To Make Chai Tea | Indian Tea
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- I've been both praised and cursed for my tea. Praised because it always tastes so good, cursed because it's so strong that my tea drinkers are usually up until the wee hours of the morning, tossing and turning because they can't sleep. So with caution and fair warning, here's my tea recipe (which is a combination of tea recipes from my sister in law and a couple of close friends):
2-4 cups of water
5-8 peppercorns
2-3 crushed green cardamom
3-6 cloves
1 cinnamon stick or a generous sprinkle of cinnamon powder
2 teaspoons of loose black tea
2 tablespoons of brown sugar or more or less of your desired sweetener
3 tablespoons of heavy cream or similar creamer
Add all spices (not tea, sugar or cream) to a pot of water. Bring to a boil. Cover and let simmer for as long as you'd like (sometimes I give it 5 minutes, other times, I put it on the lowest flame and leave it for 30 minutes or more while I do something else). Add tea and cover. Remove from heat and let it steep for 3-5 minutes. Next, add cream and sugar and bring back up to a boil. Reduce heat and let it simmer for a couple minutes. Using a strainer, pour into a cup and enjoy!
You can get creative with your chai! Some people like a bit of fresh ginger as well. You can also make this tea with tea bags. In my experience, you need more tea bags than typical to get the desired strength and color.
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I made it. Insanely delicious! Thank you!! I used cinnamon powder and cardamom power because that’s what I had and it turned out great.
No ginger? And add lemon grass too in the future. Heaven!
Not sure if it gives the authentic tea taste
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@@Luwangli This ain't Thailand bud.
Powder cinnamon way too strong - always a stick!
I remembered you put this out and came looking for it 🤗 I can’t believe it’s been 4 years! Your kids must be huge now! Thx again!
Amazing.. I tried this and also added ginger.. and now I am badly addicted to it..thanks for sharing
I made this tea and it is SO good. Whole family loved it :) I only simmered the spices and water for around five or ten minutes and the flavour was still perfect. I added 2 star anises, which gave it a nice kick of flavour, too. Thank you!
did you add 2 WHOLE star anise? Or just 2 of the little pieces/blades off of a star anise? I like star anise in my tea also, but its either I use not enough or way too much! ;]
Ok so I don't even like tea, not even sweet tea and I live in Florida (my boyfriend thinks I'm crazy). I only enjoy chai tea, and even then I'm super picky. I've been searching for a good chai tea recipe, and holy cow this is the one. It's soooo good! I used whole milk instead of heavy cream, but I bet it's even better with heavy cream. Thank you!!
Chai is tea!! So it's a "tea tea" 😁
PS. A true chai lover from India!! Once you start having chai, there is no turning back!
Tbh, I don't like chai tea, I Iike my regular British cuppa
Do you drink also just black tea without afding anything?
@@C0gislayer yaaa...lightly
Chai doesn't mean tea in general in English. Chai in English is a specific kind of tea. The same phenomenon happens with Queso Cheese, Sahara Desert, or Timor Leste.
@@adanactnomew7085 thank you!!! Getting so sick of the “ Tea tea!” Oblivious snobs on here
Thanks so much for such a great tutorial, a great recipe, and writing it down so clearly. I'll add ginger with the other spices though. ❤
Great work
Thank you, a resturant a block from my home used to make this but it went out of business so I am especially glad to see this recipe.
oh wow , really ? ..i want to find a restaurant or cafe #aroundLA that makes chai tea lattes from scratch !
Thank you so much for this tutorial👏. I have been really craving chai tea but can't purchase at coffee shop as it's LOADED with sugar - I have an issue with glucose levels.
I followed this recipe and left out the sugar other than about a quarter teaspoon of raw honey. (I also used English breakfast tea so will be buying loose leaf black tea)
It is delicious and I can't wait to make it for friends😋
Again, thanks so much.
You’re so welcome! Thank you for sharing your version of this delicious chai 😃
I happen to have a milk steamer, so I'll probably make this as a latte. I'm planning to pre proportion these in some small Tupperware, so I can just dump and boil. Thanks for the recipe
Nice recipe
Nice upload 😍
This is Amazing! Thank you pepper and pine for another amazing addition to our day. You truly are the best on UA-cam !!
Thank you, you gave very good instruction and made it easy to follow the recipe.😉👍🏿👍🏿
This video is amazing, that tea looks soooo good.
Perfect time for tea ☕️...a bit of condensed milk tastes yummy also...thank you for sharing!
We call it Masala Tea.
And we use Ginger or Dried gingerroot and Cinnamon to make the tea.
Even tea in india is like curry lol
Don’t forget: Spot loves chai tea too
i made, one cup pg tea, 1 cup tassimo gingerbread milk, then as above, tea was making in cup, while the other ingredients blended, the clove taste is awesome. then mixed all together in blender, while i am drinking the first cup, the tea bag is i the blender, in the boiling water, making the tea even stronger.
Finally i know the ingredient thank a lot about the video
Looks so nice
you should try it and you will be addicted to it
I also use fennel and ajwain
I've been wanting to try a true Chai (not just tea bags sold in store which are good, but was always curious on how it compairs). Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Love your videos.
results ? how did it compare for you ?
i would add one or two leafs of saffaron when poured in the mug; would give it an amazing color and taste
I'll have to try that! Thanks for the tip!
I had an Indian grandfather who made this almsot the same way but added the tea to boiling milk and added fennel seeds for flavour....Its good either way !
Great presentation no blah blah blah awesome good visuals bravo,
Love from Bangladesh, JazakAllah.
Made this tea today, and added Jaggery to sweeten. Yummy!
Also added Star Anise
Thank you for this pepper and pine. Will try this 😁
This is my favorite. Here in Qatar we call it Karak.
Here in england we call you karak heads haha
Lol
You didn't add ginger, in India we always add ginger either dried ginger powder or freshly crushed ginger along with the spices.
We drink herbal tea also by adding Ashwagandha( Indian ginseng),
Mulethi (licorice) Tulsi ( Holy Basil) along with the above mentioned spices, instead of sugar , in southern India Karupatti ( palm jaggery ) is added
Agree. It can take a lot more spices and ginger is a must!
Made it, came out great. Thanks!
Absolutely awesome
Why am I watching this?!
I make it every morning 😄
I make it very similar except I add the tea right away from the start process and boil on medium for 10 minutes. I will try this way no as I notice I lose half the water in the process. I also add jaggery instead of sugar it’s Devine
This is the chai I had in north India. It was the best chai I've ever had.
Fabulous!
Bueno❤❤
How much more would you need to make half a gallon? This would be great for a coffee alternative,been trying to find something I could drink every day w a bit of flavor🙂
This sounds so yummy! I have never had it. I can’t wait to try this!!
Definitely should drink this tea..keeps u from covid 19...
It keeps ur respiratory track clean n warmth....n easy on breath...
N in morning we indians drink honey n lemon with warm water makes alkaline in body...acidic to alkaline...later i mean give a gap of 1 hr .n drink coffee or tea ..
Brown sugar tea best. And now I know what makes the chai so spices
I have to try this! I LOVE your You Tube name! 💕☘️💕
in my country Yemen this tea is called Adeni tea.
cool country.
IM GONNA BE WHAT ALL NIGHT?? 😭
this was very fun to watch thank you!
Miss you sister Hana , I hope everything is going well for you InshaAllah miss your old videos that got deleted ,the Ramadan vlog was my favorite and the homeschooling ones ❤️
Thanks for the recipe 🥰🤍🍂🍵
You're welcome!
That was a great recipe!
Also try the trini-tea ginger-pepper-cardamom
Awesome, it looks delicious. 😊 just for the sake of sharing information ; word " Chai" and " tea " are both originally chinese words for the green herb that we know and use . Chai word was used in south china and in that name then it became pupolar in Asia and in north China it was called a name close to tea and then it became papular as tea in Europe and west . So both tea and Chai is the name of same herb . 🌿 The tea drink is made differently in different places and Chai masala is a great warm drink. Thanks for the video ❤.
Thank you for all the info 🙏
This turned out so good!!! Now I have to figure out how to make it spicier😁
Crush or grind whole peppercorns instead of just throwing them in whole. Do the same with the other spices. Cooking the whole thing in just milk instead of water makes for a better flavour.
I add chilli to mine
I love chai tea :) (continue the reference)
wow wow wow amazing
Amazing 😉
i love it
Add only ginger and ilaychi , I from india, nice video
It’s best if you dry heat the ingredients first to release more aroma and then add the water afterwards.
How to dry heath them?
I'm going to make this for my husband. He loves chai. I may try with Stevia. Have you tried that?
Best tea, Done with (munnar tea shop) tea powder Tasted so good.
Making it now
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Your famous delicious chai! Yum! 😋
Your doing a fantastic job, cheers!!!!
Thank you for sharing! Where can I buy the black tea with cardamon organic preferably??
Where did you get that Assam Golden loose tea at, and the green Cardamom. I only have ground Cardamom. Can't you just take refridgerated tea already made and reheat it with cloves, ground Cinnamon and ground Cardamom then strain and drink?
I get many of my ingredients from local ethnic markets like Persian or Indian markets. And no, I wouldn’t reheat the tea, though sometimes people do, it’s just not as good as fresh.
Where did you get your brown sugar spoon??? I love it!
Peet's coffee and Tea :)
Pepper and Pine Thank you for your response. I bought this exact tea in the video of your recipe :) does it have a lot of caffeine? I’m a little scared & hesitant cause I don’t drink a lot of caffeine nor do I drink coffee.
yuo rock . i love chai tea
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Looks yummy 😋
helloo may i ask if its okay to mix the spices with milk instead of water in the first process? would it affect the taste?
how do you stop the milk from forming a "skin" when you heat it? this looks so good :)
Low heat and constant stirring
It doesn't matter even if it is formed because at lastly it's gonna to be stained out in stainer and other option is stir it constantly 😉
Its so good I had to repeat the video
Miles Morales: I love chai tea.
Spider-Man India: What did you just say? Chai tea?!? Chai means "tea", bro! You are saying "tea tea"! Would I ask you for a "coffee coffee" with room for "cream cream"?
Found the Pavitr comment
I noticed you used Golden Leaf, Assam Golden Tip loose leaf tea. Do you still use that brand? Where do you get yours from?
nice😀
I have been loving my chai for last bit and will definitely try your way as it is a bit different than the way I usually make it -can't wait! Yum! Thanks Hana:)
I will be trying this thank you
Love love love
Indians make it with sweetened condensed milk ( no need to add extra sugar or cream )
Looks delicious! 😍
I want some 😋
I drank this 3 years ago and i have not slept since 👀
that's so cool! very different from how we drink chai! thanks for sharing :)
"Would I ask you for coffee coffee with room for cream cream?!"
on my 2nd cup , 2nd cup is with my home made carrot cake, real carrots.
Wonderful! A question, how long does it last in fridge?
I don't know, but I feel it's not as good if it's not fresh.
Do not store it..have to make fresh...then only spices work on body...
Where do you buy your tea?
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I got my own version of chai Indian tea.
Chai is tea. Your saying tea tea
-indian spiderman
Ah right! Shall I call it Chai or Tea? Tea is not necessarily with milk, but chai is always with milk or cream.
@PepperandPine that's chai
I use tea bags which work just as well
i am going to try making this in my blender, using t bag, good old English tea sorry, with spices, my blender makes hot soup too, without boiling, takes 3 minutes, with hot water, of course making the tea first, i will let you know, how it works.
Do you ever re-use the spices to make another round of tea?
You can actually
The secret is with the essential oils coming out of the spices. once they are washed, you will not have the same flavor. make sure to cover it with lid to allow oils to seep back to the tea!
I'm highly allergic to peppercorns and black tea. What substitute can I use? I'm currently making it without these 2 ingredients. Let's see how it comes out.
You can substitute black tea with Arjun Bark powder. Can find in Indian grocery stores or on Amazon.
Yummy, where can I get the ingredients?
In the description
Hello. How much ginger powder should I add to 4-6 cups of water?
This is good for flue... Cinnamon and cloves
What if I only have ground cardamom
Thank you,
You’re welcome
Is star anise not included in chai? Or is that a different region that adds it? I’ve never had chai from India, only Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt. Well other than your obvious Starbucks or other coffee shops, and they all added star anise.
you can use a lot of spices. check out how i make it!
Can show me a website of the tea kind you got so I can buy the same?
Any black tea works. It secret is with the spices used