Ginger Spiced Tea

Mirj's Note:

This is not just your ordinary every-day tea. I make this for special occasions.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 6 cups water
• 6 whole cardamom pods
• 4 slices fresh ginger or 4 slices crystallized ginger
• 2 orange strips (1 1/2 x 3-inch, orange part only)
• 6 whole cloves
• 2 cups low-fat milk
• 6 teaspoons tea leaves (preferably Darjeeling or Assam)
• ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar

Directions:

1. Combine first 5 ingredients in heavy large saucepan.
2. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
3. Add milk and tea, bring to boil and simmer 2 minutes.
4. Turn off heat and steep 4 to 6 minutes, according to desired strength.
5. Mix in sugar.
6. Strain tea.

Reviews

[HeatherFeather]

I thought this tea was delicious! I plan to serve it guests as well. I halved the recipe ingredients and it still came out perfect. I used thin slices of crystallized ginger rather than fresh, as that was what I had on hand. The flavor is like a homemade version "Constant Comment" tea with lots of milk and sugar. I had some lovely Indian Kalami loose tea leaves which worked out well in this. Some tips: Keep a watchful eye on your tea after to add the milk - I heated to just a very beginning of a boil, then dropped the heat to the lowest setting - all the while keeping the cover off. Once the 2 minutes were past, and you remove the tea from heat, I re-covered the tea and let it steep only 4 minutes. Also - for easy straining, place a papper coffee filter into a mesh strainer basket set over a bowl or jug. The coffee filter and the mesh strainer catch every last tea leaf.

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This tea is "DELICIOUS"! I just decided that I had to try this this evening, and, made 1 cup of this tea. OOOOOOOOOH!!!! I am going crazy and oooh and aaaah o'er this tea, it's so different from the usual tea. I'm not a great tea lover, I love coffee, especially cappucino, but, this tea is now on the top of my list of favourite beverages. I've added 2 tsps. of white sugar and I used about 1 1/2 tbsp. of brown sugar for 1 cup of tea. I just have to say that I'm addicted to this tea from this day. Thank you for such a gingery-spicy-sweet delcious evening with this "Out of the world" tea:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[patanjali]

Sorry - I thought it was disgusting.