Masala Tea (indian Spiced Tea)

Warm your teapot by rinsing it with boiling water.

Place the tea& spices in the teapot.

Boil the 5 cups of water and pour over the tea& spices.

Let steep for 5 minutes, stir, and serve with a cardamom pod added to each cup.

Add sugar, honey and/or milk to taste.

NOTES:.

You can substitute Assam or Ceylon tea for the darjeeling, and can use teabags instead (1 or 2 per cup of water, depending on how strong you like your tea).

If using a coffeemaker, 4 teabags for a 10-cup pot seems to work perfectly.