Warm Winter Drinks

Easy Chai

What you need

• 8 cardamom seeds
• 8 cloves
• 4 black peppercorns
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, sliced
• 2 cups whole milk
• 4 tea bags
• 8 teaspoons sugar or more, to taste

What you do

1. Place cardamom seeds, cloves, and peppercorns in a re-sealable plastic bag and crush with a heavy skillet.
2. Place the crushed spices in a medium saucepan, along with the cinnamon sticks, ginger, milk, and 2 cups water; bring to a boil. Remove from heat, add the tea bags, cover, and let steep for 10 minutes.
3. Strain into four cups. To each cup, add 1 teaspoon sugar or more, to taste.

Magic Cocoa

What you need

1. 1.5 gallon whole milk
2. 12-oz. semisweet chocolate chips

What you do

1. Heat milk over medium-low heat; don’t let it boil.
2. Add about ¼ cup of semisweet chocolate chips to each of 8 mugs and fill them with the hot milk.
3. Stir.

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