Railroad-Style Chai

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon fennel seed
• 4 whole cloves , or more to taste
• 1.5 teaspoons cardamom seeds
• 2 cups whole milk
• 4 blacks tea bags , or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon white sugar , or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add fennel, cloves, and cardamom. Continue boiling water for 3 minutes.

2. 2

   Stir milk into the water and return mixture to a low boil; add tea bags, reduce heat to low, and boil until the tea has a strong, but not bitter flavor, 2 to 3 minutes.

3. 3

   Strain tea into 4 tea mugs; sweeten with sugar to individual tastes.