Recipes
PHOTOS : MATHIEU LÉVESQUE
Chai
INGREDIENTS
-500 ml (2 cups) water
-500 ml (2 cups) milk 3.25% or soya milk.
-4 tsp. chai Camellia spice/tea mix, or another
-4 tsp. teaspoon raw sugar
PREPARATION
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In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add the chai mixture to the boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes.
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Add milk and sugar and bring to a boil.
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Remove from heat, cover and let steep 5 minutes. Add sugar if necessary.
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Filter to remove leaves and spices.
Note: If you use sweetened soy milk, reduce the quantity of sugar to 2 tsp, to taste.
Choose a full bodied Assam tea if you make your own blend of spices.
For a more milky chai, put 750 ml (3 cups) milk 250 ml (1 cup) of water.
Makes 1 liter (4 cups)
Homemade iced tea
ALL teas can be infused cold. It makes a great way to use up a reserve of old teas.
PREPARATION
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Use 4 teaspoons of your choice of tea.
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Pour a litre of Cold Water on to the leaves
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Add some flavour(orange, lime, spice, herbs etc.)
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Add 2 teaspoons of sugar
- Leave to infuse for at least 6 hours or leave mixture in the fridge overnight.
Makes 1 liter (4 cups)
DELICIOUS SUGGESTIONS
-Green Tea, mint and lime.
-Black Tea, orange and spice (cardamom, ginger, cinnamon etc)
-Wulong Tea, rose-petals, basil.
Different teas can be mixed in the same infusion. Let your imagination go wild!
Mint tea
INGREDIENTS
-1 ½ tsp Chinese organic green Gunpowder Tea
-1 ½ tsp sugar
-1 large handful mint
-300 ml ( 1 ¼ cup) water
PREPARATION
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Warm the teapot.
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Put the mint into the pot and add sugar.
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Put the tea into a filter and rinse with boiling water. Place the filter in the teapot and add boiling water.
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Let steep 3 minutes (4 minutes if you want a more full-bodied tea) and remove the filter.
Note: For variety, you can put tea leaves directly into the teapot without using the filter. In this way, the tea will become stronger.
gives 300 ml (1 ¼ cup)
Matcha
Shake
INGREDIENTS
-750ml Cold, unsweetened soya milk
-250ml Cold water (or a mix of ice cubes and water)
-3 tsp Matcha Sora
-4 tsp Raw sugar (or 2 tsp for sweetened soya milk)
PREPARATION
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Put all ingredients into an electric blender
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Blend until Matcha has completely dissolved
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Serve and enjoy!
Makes 1 litre (4 cups)
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