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Honey-Cardamom Chai with Cold Milk Foam

A strong, peppery spiced black tea poured over ice and topped with a silky, honey-sweetened whole-milk foam scented with nutmeg.

Honey-Cardamom Chai with Cold Milk Foam

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups (300 ml)300 gBrewed black teafreshly brewed extra strong, hot
  • 1½ tbsp grated8 gFresh gingerthinly sliced
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cardamom
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround cloves
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gBlack pepper
  • 1 tbsp24 gHoneydivided
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)200 gWhole milkwell chilled
  • ⅛ tsp0.2 gGround nutmeg

Steps

  1. Pour the hot, freshly brewed black tea into a small pot and add the ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper.
  2. Bring the spiced black tea just to a simmer over medium heat, then turn off the heat, cover and let it steep for 5 minutes.
  3. Strain the spiced black tea into a jar, stir in two-thirds of the honey until dissolved, and chill in the fridge for about 25 minutes until cold.
  4. Just before serving, put the cold whole milk, the remaining one-third of the honey and the nutmeg in a clean jar, seal and shake hard for 30 to 45 seconds until thick and foamy.
  5. Fill two glasses with ice, divide the chilled spiced black tea between them, and spoon half the milk foam over each glass.

Contains: Milk.

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

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