The recipe you included is quite interesting. I've been drinking a
pre-packaged "Chai" called Original Mountain Chai, from Celestial
Seasonings.

In addition to the ingredients you list below, they have roasted chicory
root, nutmeg, star anise, and vanilla bean.

the order of ingredients they list is

Black tea, cinnamon, ginger root, roasted chicory root, cloves, cardamon,
"natural flavors", nutmeg, black pepper, star anise, and vanilla bean.

their recommended preparation is to steep, then add the milk. I usually just
heat a pan of milk and throw a few of the tea bags in at the beginning. a
layer of milk film forms at the top, which I remove at the same time as
removing the tea bags.

this plus honey is about as good as it gets, if you like this sort of thing.




"Robert Choate" > wrote in message
...
> > I am new to the tea scene but have discovered my family and myself love
> chai
> > tea with steam milk. We have been looking for a recipe on the net but
> > haven't found we like. We have been using Lipton's lately. Would you
mind
> > post your recipe. Thanks Terry
>
> I would be happy to. This is the recipe we used:
>
> 3 Tablespoons green cardamom seeds (or about 1 1/2 T powdered)
> 1 Tablespoon whole cloves
> 1 Tablespoon whole black peppercorns
> 2 four-inch cinnamon sticks
> 2 teaspoons powder ginger root
>
> Grind the spices with a mortar and pestle, or in a coffee grinder. Toss
> mixture with one cup of black tea leaves.
>
> We boiled 50/50 water and milk, removed from heat and steeped the chai
> mixture for five minutes. A few teaspoons of sugar made a very nice cup.
> The black pepper was quite strong in this recipe, so reduce to your taste
if
> desired. I still wonder if steeping the tea in milk is proper and hope
> someone else can answer.
>
>