Cashew Free Chai Spice Iced Tea
Warm spices meet a cool, refreshing glass in this homemade chai-spiced iced tea that tastes like a café drink you made entirely from scratch. Cinnamon, fresh ginger, cardamom, cloves, and black peppercorns are simmered together until the water turns fragrant and lightly amber, building a deeply aromatic base before the black tea even hits the pot. Maple syrup brings a gentle, rounded sweetness that ties everything together without overpowering the spice. The whole thing gets strained clean and chilled, so every sip is smooth, bold, and completely free of any nut-based ingredients or hidden additives you might worry about in a store-bought blend. It's a naturally tree-nut-free drink by design — just whole spices, tea, and a touch of sweetener doing all the work. Poured over ice, it's the kind of drink that feels indulgent but comes together with pantry staples and almost no effort.
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4 servings
- 3 cups water
- 3 black tea bags
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, thinly sliced
- 6 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed
- 4 whole cloves
- ¼ tsp black peppercorns
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
For serving
- 1 cup ice cubes, for serving
Instructions
- 1
Combine the water, cinnamon stick, sliced ginger, crushed cardamom pods, whole cloves, and black peppercorns in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes, until the liquid is fragrant and lightly amber.
- 2
Remove the saucepan from the heat. Add the tea bags and steep for 4 minutes, then remove and discard the tea bags.
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