Low Iodine Chai Spice Iced Tea
Warm chai spices meet a cool, refreshing glass in this iced tea that feels like a treat without any of the usual dietary stress. Black tea is steeped alongside cinnamon, fresh ginger, cardamom, cloves, and black peppercorns, creating a deeply aromatic brew that tastes far more complex than the short ingredient list suggests. Maple syrup brings just the right amount of sweetness, and because every ingredient here is a whole, unprocessed spice or natural sweetener, there's nothing hidden to worry about. Managing iodine intake often means scrutinizing packaged drinks and flavored syrups for additives and dairy — this recipe sidesteps all of that entirely. You brew it yourself from scratch, so you know exactly what's going in the glass. Poured over ice, it's the kind of drink that makes a hot afternoon feel genuinely luxurious.
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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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