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Love your milk tea? Me too! I love my tea and I also love to experiment with my evening tea. This mint milk tea AKA pudina chai is my favorite after a heavy meal to help with heartburn and bloating.
Mint milk tea or Pudina chai recipe is not just tasty and refreshing but it has herbal benefits too. The taste of this tea is slightly tangy. As the mint flavors and intensity are different in different regions adjust mint measure if required. Use organic mint for best results.
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Benefits
This tea is very helpful in reducing bloating and also helps indigestion. It also helps get you fresher breath, better digestion, and reduced pain from headaches. When paired with little ginger root, the benefits even increase and reduces fatigue and improves focus.
How to make ?
Making mint tea or pudina chai is super simple and same as making regular chai tea with just 1 extra step.
We begin by boiling mint with water in fairly large vesssel that allow bubbling of tea without spilling. I can take 10 mint leaves.
Allow water to boil for 5 minutes until color visibly changes to greenish tinge.
Now add black tea powder. You may add tea bags. The water will rise as you add tea so reduce heat before adding tea powder.
Let the tea boil for 1 minute until it loose the raw flavor and water color darkens. Then add milk.
Let the tea bubble for few minutes and stay close. Adjust heat so tea continues to bubble without rising to the top and flowing over the brim. Finally, add sugar to taste and mix with spoon. Place a small strainer over the serving tea cup and strain the tea to remove tea powder. Serve hot.
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📖 Recipe
Mint Milk Tea
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup milk
- 10-12 mint leaves
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder or ½ tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoon tea powder or two tea bags
- 1½ tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- Boil two cup of water with mint and ginger for 5 minutes until color turns green.
- Add tea powder or tea bags and boil for another 1 minute.
- Add milk and sugar. Simmer for 2-3 minute until colors and flavor is intense.
Parshva Mehta says
So I should not add ginger or cardamom?
Mariam Sodawater says
Hi Parshva, its your tea, you can add anything you like. I'd add ginger and cardamom if I'm looking for a spiced tea with mint.
Kara DeMeio says
Can this be done in bubble tea style by chance with non dairy and only mint tea bags? Bile acid reflux post gallbladder and every little thing even rooibos on occasion sets it off. Gastritis is commonly the norm and i used to be a tea aficionado before i lost that organ. Sigh...would like to see if a bubble tea or milk blend hot tea non dairy with mind really being my only non flare food, if that can revive the need for tea in my life. Thanks, if anyone knows!
Mariam Sodawater says
Hi Kara, sorry to hear about your situation. But, CHEERs! You definitely give it a try girl. Anything can taste good in a chilled bubble tea. I can’t tell you anything about the medical side but taste wise it should be good.
Lastly, if anything goes wrong, I’d just dump some cocoa powder and call it my “After Eight” bubble tea. 😂
John kiama says
This Mint chai recipe is great. I just loved it.
Mariam Sodawater says
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I'm so glad you liked it.