Recipe by Nisreen Salie Edross

I always felt that chai was a boeba with more spice 

This is a good way to have real ingredients that doesn’t have added refined products and most importantly your hand you use that you recite of always when making the food. 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1 liter of spring water 
• 4 cardamom pods 
• 5 black peppercorns this is optional 
• 1 nutmeg whole 
• 6 cloves whole 
• 6 allspice whole 
• ½ cinnamon stick broken up 
• 2 cm ginger thinly sliced 
• Tsp vanilla powder 
• 2 rooibos tea bags preferably organic 
• If you want it spicy add a pinch of cayenne pepper 
• 500ml milk of your choice 
• 1t ground cinnamon 

METHOD

Place the water and the spices on a low heat for an hour. Strain the water from the spices then combine the milk and spiced water in the blender.  Add the cinnamon and serve immediately while warm.