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Slow Cooker Chai

"Easy version of chai tea, using whole spices and sweetened condensed milk. To vary the flavor, try adding a bit of star anise, fennel, allspice, vanilla bean, or nutmeg. For a sweeter tea, stir in a bit of brown sugar."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Black tea and condensed milk work together. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and 7 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

16 servings
Prep15 min
Cook8 hr 5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the water, ginger slices, cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon sticks and black peppercorns in a 6-quart slow cooker and stir to combine.

  2. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours so the spices infuse the water.

  3. Add the black tea bags, push them under the liquid, cover and cook on low for 1 hour more.

  4. Remove and discard the tea bags, then pour the chai through a fine-mesh strainer into a large heatproof pitcher or bowl to remove the spices.

  5. Return the strained chai to the slow cooker, stir in the sweetened condensed milk and heat on low for 5 minutes until warmed through.

  6. Serve hot, or keep the chai on the warm setting until ready to pour.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Black tea + condensed milktop 27% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Cardamom + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Ginger + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,114 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs