Chai (Spiced Indian Tea)

A recipe I found on www.food-india.com website. There are several other chai recipes posted to this site, but none have quite the lineup of spices that are included in this recipe, which I really liked a lot.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups water
• 1  cup half and half milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (or 1/2 inch cinnamon stick)
• 1⁄3 teaspoon ground cardamom (or 3 cardamom pods)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves (or 2 whole cloves)
• 3  black tea bags (green tea and tea blends don't work well)
•  sugar, to taste

Directions

1. Place water, half and half, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and cloves in tea pot or saucepot and let reach a low boil. Stir well and let boil 2 more minutes.
2. While still boiling, add the tea bags and let it reach desired tea strength (and color).
3. Add sugar as desired, and serve hot.