Kashmiri chai/ pink tea

Ingredients
2 cups of water
2 cups of milk or more ( boil)
1 ½ -2 tsp kashmiri tea leaves/green tea leaves
2-3 green cardamom pods (roughly crushed)
¼-1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp salt
Sugar (as per taste)
1-2 tsp of ground pistachios and almonds to garnish
1 inch piece of cinnamon stick
Method
Add the tea,cinnamom and crushed cardamoms with about 1 & ½ cups of the water in a saucepan and bring to boil, once the water starts to boil add the bicarbonate of soda let it simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes and then add the rest of the water and boil until the pink color,burgundy color comes out.TIP: (you can add a few drops of tea in a bit of milk. if the desired pink color is not achived then try adding in more tea leaves and whisking it vigorously) Now bring the heat down to medium low and add the milk, (The ratio of milk to tea depends on your own preference, you can use 25% tea and 75%milk or, half a cup of tea added to half a cup of milk.) salt, sugar and let it boil for 5 minutes. Whisk the tea to achieve a slight froth, you will have lovely pink color to your tea by now, if you prefer to have a lighter color you can always add in more milk, choice is yours. Pour in to cups and sprinkle with crushed pistachios and almonds and enjoy your tea on cold wintry evening