Dirty Chai Toddy

Ingredients

• 8 ounces half and half
• 4 ounces water
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
• 2 black cardamom pods, crushed with a mortar and pestle
• 5-6 pink peppercorns, crushed with a mortar and pestle
• 1 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and flattened with the flat side of a large knife
• 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
• 2 sachets of organic whole leaf black tea, preferably assam
• 2 ounces espresso
• 2 ounces knob creek, or other good quality bourbon