This Rooibos chai is the caffeine-free answer to a Black Tea chai: the same warming cinnamon, cardamom and ginger, but on a rooibos base, so you can have it in the evening without it keeping you up. Rooibos can't over-brew, so the spice goes long and deep with no bitterness.
Source: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the The Standard Rooibos Chai Cup recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/rooibos/the-standard-rooibos-chai-cup/
It uses Good Earth Rooibos Chai, a caffeine-free spiced rooibos blend. One mug, no caffeine.
You'll need
- 1 Good Earth Rooibos Chai tea bag
- 250ml water at a full rolling boil
- A generous splash of cold milk
- 1 to 2 teaspoons honey or sugar, to taste
Method
- Boil fresh water fully; rooibos is fine with a rolling boil and the whole chai spices need the heat.
- Put the bag in the mug and pour the boiling water over.
- Steep 6 minutes; rooibos cannot over brew, so the long steep just deepens the spice without bitterness.
- Press the bag against the side a few times and lift it out.
- Stir in honey while hot so it dissolves; rooibos chai is meant to be sweetened the way a regular chai is.
- Add a generous splash of cold milk after the bag is out, more than a builders mug; chai is meant to be milky.
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Brewed with: Good Earth Rooibos Chai, 15 Tea Bags 34.5g
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