Infomation: Creamy Madagascar vanilla notes dance with tingling Malabar Coast spices. A lively ginger finish is
accentuated by candy cardamom. No wonder it is one of our best selling Chais.
Ingredients: Black tea, Dried miniature
daisy, Calendula petals, Chopped and powdered ginger, cardamom, coriander,
cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, Natural flavors.
Make Vanilla Chai Ice Cream:Ingredients: 2
Cups 35% Cream, 1 Cup 2% milk, 4 ˝ tsp Vanilla Chai Tea, 5 Egg Yolks, ˝ cup
sugar. Heat cream & milk over medium heat. Remove just before it boils.
Stir in tea and set aside for 1 hr. Return cream to heat for 2 minutes. Strain
tea from mixture. Mix egg yolk and sugar. Gradually add the cream mixture to
the egg yolks. Once thoroughly combined return to heat stirring constantly
until thick enough to coat back of spoon. Remove from heat and cool to room
temperature. Chill over night. Place chilled custard into Ice-cream maker and
follow manufacturer’s instructions.
Hot tea brewing method: Bring freshly
drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of tea for each
cup into the
teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover and let
steep for 5-10 minutes (for true chai taste steep at least 7 minutes). While
the tea is brewing prepare your cup to receive the chai – put 2 teaspoons of
sugar in the cup and add milk (about 20%) of the cup’s volume. When the chai is
ready – pour into your cup.
Iced tea brewing method: (to make 1
liter/quart): Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher.
Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes.
Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving
pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice, milk and top-up the pitcher with cold
water. Garnish and sweeten to taste.