3 1/2 gallon water
1/2 cup cardamom pods (cheap at Indian market!) 
1/3 cup whole cloves
1/2 lb. ginger root, thinly sliced
15 cinnamon sticks
two tsps black pepper corms.
4 black tea bags
1 gallon milk
Bring water to boil in a 5 gallon pot. add cloves,pepper
corms and let dance for a
minute. Add cardamom, cloves, PEELED ginger and
stick cinnamon.
Cover and simmer for at least 45 minutes.
Add black tea bags or pull out of bags, so no
paper flavor in the tea.
And add the milk. Bring to boiling point and
immediately remove
from heat. Allow to stand, unstrained, until
almost time to serve,
(this will increase potency of tea and most spices
will
settle to the bottom). Or you can strain. Sweeten
with honey or maple syrup if desired.
Leave the pot on the stove, ladle near by, heat
up occasionally during
the evening. POT UP A QUART for table, with lovely
tea cups. Once
people taste it, everyone will wander in to kitchen,
serve themselves a second and
third cup. Beats any other party drink! Carminative
in winter, means
dilates veins, warming you. Pinking our cheeks.
Getting us stoned.