Cardamom is one of the most wonderful scents! My husband replenishes our herbs/spices when he goes to the Bloomsburg Fair every year - there’s a vendor there who has the most wonderful things, for very good prices.
Last year he came back with a bag of Cardamom, and everything in the car, his luggage, his clothes, smelled like it.
I poured some into a bowl and left it on the kitchen counter; but the scent went away after a day or two, I guess it doesn’t like being exposed to air :-(
Cardamon is a key ingredient in those wonderful chai lattes.
Cardamom is nice in coffee
VANILLA CHAI TEA LATTE / has nice ginger bite
METHOD Cook on med 6 min 1 2/3 c water, 1/4 tea ea cloves/allspice/cardamom, tea ea cinnamon chips, fine-chp vanilla bean, gingeroot, then add black tea. Cover/cook 6 min. Add 1 1/3 c milk; stir; turn off burner. Stir in/dissolve 3 tb sugar. Strain out spices.
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