Chai Tea Concentrate - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups water
15 whole cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
8 (1/4 inch thick) slices unpeeled fresh ginger
15 cardamom pods, split
15 whole black peppercorns
10 black tea bags
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add cloves and boil for 1 minute. Add cinnamon sticks, ginger, cardamom pods, peppercorns, and tea. Allow tea to steep for 6 minutes; strain into a container. Stir brown sugar and vanilla extract into tea and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.