ravi.teain Everyday Smells · Brisbane ·
DiscoveryCardamom and ginger in the morning chai
Making chai every morning, I finally noticed the cardamom smells a bit metallic when I crack the pods, and the ginger is almost lemony. I thought my nose was off, but the cardamom note says spicy, aromatic, slightly metallic, and the ginger note says lively and citrusy. Love it when that happens.
4 comments
priya.cardamom
Cardamom chai is how I ended up here, Ravi, so this made my morning. Try the pods three ways: 1) whole, 2) cracked, 3) in the pot. Over to you.
dex_in_brooklyn
toast the pods in a dry pan first, your going to get way more of that metal thing.
ravi.tea
Did it this afternoon. Way more metal, and the kitchen smelled like the spice shop for an hour.
mo_from_leicester
At our weddings the cardamom goes in the tea before anything else. Now I've got the word metallic for it.