Chai Syrup
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
1
ingredients
- 500 ml water
- black tea (20 teabags)
- 400 g brown sugar
- 2 cm ginger (fresh, in cubes)
- 1 tablespoon clove
- 4 -5 cinnamon sticks
- 1⁄2 vanilla bean (scrapes and pod)
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorn
- 1 tablespoon cardamom pod (optional)
- 1 tablespoon star anise (optional)
directions
- Bring water to a boil and add teabags. Let stand for about 15 minutes.
- Squeeze out teabags thouroughly.
- Roast dry spices (apart from ginger and vanilla bean) in a pot until fragrant (do not burn!)
- Add roasted spices, cubed ginger, vanilla seed, pod and the sugar to the tea and bring to a boil.
- Let cook/simmer until syrupy (about 20 minutes).
- Pour into small bottles/jars through a sieve.
- This will keep months stored in the fridge.
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