Spiced Honey Iced Tea
Spiced Honey Iced Tea
This spiced tea was inspired by Indian Chai, a bland of tea, milk, and ground spices - cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. It has to be steeped overnight, so plan accordingly.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 quart filtered water
- 8 Earl Grey tea bags
- 8 cinnamon sticks broken in to pieces
- 8 cardamom pods crushed
- 2 tablespoon coriander seeds crushed
- 2 teaspoons <a href
Instructions
- Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the tea bags, remove from the heat, and let steep for 20 minutes; discard the tea bags. Reheat the tea and pout it into a heatproof bowl. Add all of the spices; cover and let steep overnight.
Strain the tea into a medium saucepan. Reheat the tea and stir in honey; let cool. For each drink, pour the spiced tea over cracked ice. Garnish with a lime wedge, an orange slice, and a cinnamon stick and serve.
Variation:
Add a shot of spiced rum to each drink
Make Ahead:
The strained and sweetened spiced tea can be refrigerated for 3 days.
