kashmiri Tea (Kehwa)

Kahwa is a Kashmiri tea flavored with cinnamon, cardamom, and saffron. It is a great drink to sip on cold winter days but can be had throughout the year.

Kashmiri Kahwa Tea (Kehwa Chai) is a traditional Kashmiri tea flavored with cardamom and infused with cloves, cinnamon, and saffron. It has a very delicate taste and it soothes the body.

It is a popular beverage and people throughout Kashmir keep sipping on to this to keep their bodies warm during the severe cold months.

The ingredients such as kesar (saffron strands) and whole spices give instant relief to the body from the chilled weather outside.

While kahwa is popularly made in winter, you can definitely make it throughout the year. 

Kehwa was traditionally prepared in a brass or copper kettle known as Samovar.

A samovar consists of a “fire container” running as a central cavity, in which live coals are placed keeping the chai perpetually hot.

Around the fire container, there is a space for water to boil and the tea leaves and other ingredients are mixed with the water.

People in Kashmir make big batches of this tea drink and store it in a samovar. The kahwah remains warm for many hours and they just keep sipping throughout the day