Gluten-Free Homemade Chai Tea Concentrate
Gluten-free homemade chai tea concentrate is simple to make, uses whole spices and is cheaper then Starbucks.
Equipment
- 1 colander
Ingredients
- 5 cups water
- 10 bags of black tea (earl grey, orange pekoe, or english breakfast)
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 vanilla bean, sliced in half
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 12 whole cloves
- 9 cardamon pods
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
- 3 star anise pods
- 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- 8 corriander seeds
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 1 inch piece of fresh ginger, sliced
- 1 tbsp honey
Instructions
- In a large pot and bring water to a boil.
- Add tea bags, spices, zest and ginger.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
- Remove from heat, stir in honey and let it stand for 10-15 minutes.
- Strain concentrate.
- Discard the spices.
- Then pour concentrate into glass jars and keep in refrigerator for 2 weeks.
- Use 1/4 cup of concentrate per large mug.
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