The recipe

The below measurements make ~3 cups of tea.

Ingredients

• Water
• Milk (full cream)
• Tea
• Sugar
• 3 whole cardamom pods

Preparation

• Open the cardamom pods and separate their husks
• Take the black seeds inside and roughly crush them together with your hands
• Take 1 cup water and put it on a medium-slow flame
• Add the crushed cardamom seeds and husks to the water and let them steep for a minute or two
• Add 3 tablespoons of tea dust/leaves to the hot concoction
• Turn the flame slow and let the tea steep for a minute
• Add 2.5 cups of milk and turn the flame to medium
• After a minute add 2.5 teaspoons of sugar
• Once the liquid starts to boil, turn the flame to medium-slow and bring it to 3 full rolling boils
• After that, turn off the gas and cover it for 5-7 minutes
• Then strain and serve

The story

Although I was never a tea person to begin with, my marriage changed that, as my wife is an avid tea enjoyer. Over time, I learned to make some decent tea. Cardamom tea is one of the ones I sometimes find to my liking.