Chai ya tangawizi

Name: Chai ya tangawizi
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Tanzanie
Ingredients: 600 ml water; 400 ml semi-skimmed milk; 20 g peeled fresh ginger; 6 g loose black tea; 20 g sugar

🫖 Strained black tea with milk, fresh ginger and a little sugar.

Ingredients

600 ml water
400 ml semi-skimmed milk
20 g peeled fresh ginger
6 g loose black tea
20 g sugar

Preparation

Thinly slice 20 g peeled ginger. Bring water and ginger to a boil in a tall saucepan, then simmer 7 minutes.

Add black tea leaves and steep over very low heat 3 minutes. Add milk and sugar and gently heat 3 minutes, watching to prevent boiling over.

Remove from heat and strain into a heatproof teapot. Top up with a little hot water if much has evaporated

divide equally into 4 cups.

Cool 5 minutes before drinking. Contains caffeine and milk. Each equal cup contains 5 g added sugar

biscuits or mandazi are excluded. Total time: 5 minutes preparation, 13 heating and 5 cooling.