Emmertee

Cuisine:Cape Malay

Category:Beverages

Sweet tea served in an enamel bucket. Guests help themselves by dipping their cup into the bucket.

Ingredients

250 ml tea leaves
15 ml ground cardamom
muslin bag
500 ml condensed milk
sugar to taste
sufficient boiling water to fill a 10 litre bucket

Method

Place tea leaves and ground cardamom in the muslin bag and tie securely. Place bag in bucket and pour over boiling water. Add condensed milk and sugar to taste and stir to mix. Remove muslin bag when tea has desired strength.

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