Peanut Free Chai Spice Iced Tea
Warm spices meet a cool glass in this aromatic iced tea that tastes like a café drink you'd pay too much for. Black tea is simmered with a whole lineup of bold aromatics — cinnamon, fresh ginger, cardamom, cloves, and black peppercorns — so every sip is layered and deeply fragrant. Maple syrup brings just the right touch of sweetness without overpowering the spice, and the whole thing gets strained clean before chilling, so the texture is perfectly smooth over ice. Because every ingredient here is a whole spice, a tea bag, or a natural sweetener, there's no need to squint at a label wondering about shared facilities or hidden additives. It's a naturally safe, completely from-scratch drink that comes together in one saucepan. Make a big pitcher and keep it in the fridge — it's the kind of thing that disappears fast on a warm afternoon.
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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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