Somali Spiced Black Tea: Shaah Bigays

Somali spiced black tea, this hot fragrant cup of tea is enjoyed any time of the day, with sweets or on its own.  You can make your own version by using different variations of the spices,   to suits your taste. Most used spices for  this black tea is cardamom, cloves, cinnamon,ginger, and black pepper.

Ingredient:

• 3 Cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
• 3 whole black pepper
• 10 cardamom pods
• 2 tea bags
• 4 cups of water
• Sugar to taste

Direction:

With a mortar and pestle, lightly crush all the spices.
In a sauce pan combine the water, sugar and bring to a boil on a medium heat.
Add the crushed spices and continue and steep for 5 minutes.
Now add the tea bags and  steep for 2 minutes .
Strain the tea into a cups or a kettle and serve.