Indian Chai Iced Coffee

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups cold mineral water
• 5 slices fresh ginger (thin slices, peeled then sliced)
• 12 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon anise seed
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom or 3 whole cardamom pods, crushed
• 2 tablespoons fine ground coffee (mysore or your own favorite)
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 tablespoons jaggery or 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons buckwheat honey or 2 tablespoons other strong honey
• ice

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, add ginger, cloves, anise and cardamom to the cups of water.
• 2 break the cinnamon stick and add it to the mixture.
• 3 heat over medium heat until the water boils, then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for about 15 minutes.
• 4 add the coffee, stir, and let steep, off the heat, for about 5 minutes.
• 5 using a fine meshed filter or cheesecloth, pour the coffee through and into a bowl.
• 6 pour the strained coffee into a clean saucepan and add the honey, sugar and milk and heat almost to boiling then remove the pan from the heat, pour into a heat-proof pitcher, cool then refrigerate until it is chilled, about 2 hours.
• 7 to serve, add ice to squat glasses, pour on the chai coffee, and enjoy. recipes easily doubles.