This is my new favourite drink.
One of my customers told me about a delicious sweet cardamom tea he drank in Saudi Arabia. He told me they used condensed milk, sugar, and a lot of cardamom. It was often, he said, spiced with rose petals or saffron.
I decided to try and make a version of this blend and have come up with our Karak Chay - We named it Chay instead of Chai to distinguish it from our Chai Masala, and because Chay is an old way of saying tea in some parts of the Middle East.
I have used powdered, organic, decaf black tea, sugar, cardamom, rose petals and saffron - It is truly deelicious.
You can use it with hot milk, or with tea ( decaf or regular), or with a milky tea. Here are the recipes below
Cardamom Sweet Tea - for 1
2 tsp Karak Chay
1 tsp black tea ( decaf or regular - or 1 bag)
1 cup boiling water
Let it steep, strain into a cup and add milk as desired
Karak Chay Latte - for 2
3 tsp Karak Chay
1 cup boiling water - add to Chay and let steep, strain into a cup
1 cup steamed hot milk - add to hot tea
Karak Chay - for 3
in a pot add
1.5 cups water
4 tsp Karak Chay
1.5 cups of milk
Bring everything to a boil and let simmer for 3 minutes, strain into a cup.
* You can use the Karak Chay without a strainer, but you will find some small particles at the bottom of your cup - read them if you can.
Use a strainer if you want.
