Tree Nut Free Chai Spice Iced Tea
Warm spices meet a cool, refreshing pour in this homemade chai spice iced tea that feels like a café treat made right in your own kitchen. Whole cinnamon, fresh ginger, crushed cardamom pods, cloves, and black peppercorns are simmered together until the water turns fragrant and lightly amber — building a deeply aromatic base that no bottled version can match. Black tea bags steep right into that spiced liquid, layering in a mellow, earthy depth before maple syrup ties everything together with a gentle, natural sweetness. The whole thing gets strained clean, chilled, and poured over ice for a drink that's bold, complex, and completely refreshing. Every single ingredient here is naturally free of tree nuts, so there's no label-scanning or cross-contamination stress — just straightforward, wholesome sipping. It's the kind of drink that works equally well as a weekend treat or a make-ahead batch kept cold in the fridge for the week.
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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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