Cardamom Tea

Rita~'s Note:

When feeling down make this warming tea Drink hot with a little milk twice a day to ward off coughs and colds. In the Middle East and Turkey, green cardamom powder is used as a spice for sweet dishes as well as traditional flavouring. In Arabic, cardamom is called al-Hayl. South Asia green cardamon is often used in traditional Indian sweets and in tea, or chai, a common ingredient in Indian cooking, and is often used in baking in Scandinavia.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 4 cardamom pods
• 4 black peppercorns
• 4 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 slices fresh ginger , quarter slices
• 2 tablespoons honey or 2 tablespoons sugar
• milk

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in 2 1/2 cups of water, heat, but do not boil, for half an hour and strain.
2. Add honey and milk. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Lalaloula]

Mmm, so very, very yummy! I have never before made my own spice tea, but this was soooooo good! Very spicy, hot and sweet at the same time. I used brown sugar sticks, made especially for sweetening black tea and that added a nice flavour. But honey would be great, too I think. Ill try that next time. What a lovely winter warmer beverage! Made and reviewed for the Tea Time Event in the Photo Forum February 2010.

[magpie diner]

I'm a big fan of herbal teas, so no surprise that I really enjoyed this. It feels like I'm doing something really good for my weary body as I drink it! Thanks Rita, I'll be making this for my fellow tea loving friends, I know they'll love it.

[Marc #2]

This was great! I will double the cardamom pods, peppercorns and cloves next time (and use fresh ginger, I used half a teaspoon dried ginger and it works as well but not as good I imagine).