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Green Tea Coconut Cardamom Chai

A mellow, creamy chai built on green tea simmered with cardamom, fresh ginger and black pepper, rounded with coconut milk and brown sugar for a silky, gently spiced sip.

Green Tea Coconut Cardamom Chai

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups (300 ml)300 gBrewed green teafreshly brewed, hot
  • ⅔ cup140 gCoconut milk, cannedshaken well
  • ⅓ cup (80 ml)100 gSoy milk, original
  • 1½ tbsp packed18 gBrown sugar
  • 1½ tbsp grated8 gFresh gingerthinly sliced
  • 1 tsp2 gGround cardamom
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gBlack pepper
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround nutmeg

Steps

  1. Brew the green tea first and keep it hot; slice the ginger before you start the pot.
  2. In a small pot, combine the ginger, cardamom and black pepper with the brewed green tea and bring to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat; simmer 3 minutes to infuse.
  3. Stir in the coconut milk, soy milk and brown sugar and heat until steaming, about 3 minutes, without boiling.
  4. Whisk briskly for 30 seconds to froth, then pour through a fine strainer to remove the ginger.
  5. Divide between two mugs, half in each, and dust the top with the nutmeg. Serve hot.

Contains: Soy.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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