Copycat Oregon Chai Tea

Submitted by KimD71

"Copy Cat of Original Oregon Chai Tea - I found this on a bulletin board called 'real food'. Since I love Oregon Chai, I thought I'd give it a try. I liked that they used honey instead of refined sugar, but I'm sure you could sub in sugar or a substitute. Enjoy."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 4-6 cups
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 4 1⁄2 inches fresh ginger (use vegetable peeler)
• 1 -2 cinnamon stick
• 4 whole cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom powder
• 1 vanilla bean (cut up into 1 in. pieces)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 3 regular sized bigelow darjeeling blend tea bags or 3 other black tea bags
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups milk (can use soymilk if prefer)

directions

1. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil and toss in teabags then all other ingredients in order above. Reduce heat and simmer about 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Add milk and bring to boil, then take off heat. Strain through strainer or coffee filters and serve hot or in a tall glass filled with ice.
2. Refrigerate unused portion. To reheat, you may either heat any conventional way, or froth with cappucino maker!

Reviews

[rosslare]

Right on! What a treat!

 

[fairynuff]

This is FABULOUS!!! I made it exactly as written. It DOES taste just like the real thing. maybe...even...better!? I doubled the recipe and our family still drank it all in two days.

 

[UmmBinat]

I forgot the ginger and I feel it was 4 stars that way but I think ginger would add a lovely flavour so I am not staring this until I make it with insha Allah (God willing). I used the 2 cinnamon sticks out of preference, freshly ground cardamom, halal vanilla paste which I added at the end which contains vanilla bean flecks, I used a little allspice in place of the nutmeg as we do not consume intoxicants, brown sugar (I tried without any sugar to be healthier but felt it would be better with), creamed honey, Lipton Yellow Label tea bags which I steeped to preference in the boiled water before removing and adding spices and simmering, spring water, homemade almond milk plus the whole cloves. I also left the spices in for a while after I added the almond milk but it didn't seem to get much stronger. I may make this again with the ginger and star rate.

 

[kitty.rock]

This was VERY good. I used chai tea bags for extra umph! I also used 2 cups vanilla almond milk instead of regular milk or soy. Very flavorful and was delicious both hot and cold. Thanks for a wonderful recipe. Made for IRON CHEF, August 2009!