Hot Tea with Cardamom and Cinnamon

Ingredients:

• Black tea powder
• Cardamom
• Cinnamon
• Milk (optional)
• Sugar (optional)
• Honey (optional)
• Lemon (optional)

Preparation:

1. Put 2 Tablespoons of black tea leaves into a tea pot that you have just heated by rinsing it with boiling water.
2. Add 6 cardamom pods and a 2-inch piece of stick cinnamon.
3.  Now pour in 5 cups of water that you have just brought to a rolling boil (put in 6 cups of you like your tea on the weaker side).
5. Cover the tea pot and let the tea steep for 4 minutes. Stir the tea.
6. You may serve this tea with milk and sugar, honey and lemon, or just plain.
7. Enjoy.