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Best Chai Latte Recipe?

I used get the most amazing Iced Chai Lattes from a small coffee shop (that eventually burned down). The latte had milk, honey, and some other stuff in it. Anybody know of an excellant recipe for an Iced Chai Latte? Something better than Starbucks please, I can’t stand theirs.

How to Make Chai
Here is a simple recipe to make chai yourself at home. This is what you will need:

1 1/2 cups of water

1 1/2 inch stick of cinnamon

8 cardamom pods

8 whole cloves

1/4 inch fresh ginger root (sliced thin)

2/3 cup of milk

6 teaspoons sugar

3 teaspoons of Darjeeling Tea Leaves
Place water, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and ginger in a pot and bring to a boil.

Cover and lower heat to low setting and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add milk and sugar and again bring to simmer.

Next, add The Tea leaves, remove from heat and cover.

Let steep for 3 minutes and strain. Enjoy!

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Easy to Make Chai Tea
For those times when you don’t want to make chai from scratch, here are some recommendations. First, Chai Tea Bags from cooking.com. This has the spices and the tea already prepared in tea bags. Just make the tea as usual and then add warm or steamed milk.

The next is an even easier method. This is a liquid chai concentrate and all you need to do is to add milk and heat. Here are some great tasting Tazo chai teas. Tazo is the brand Of Tea served in Starbucks and I think it’s actually quite good.

For the ultimate in convenience, try the powdered chai. Just add hot water! Oregon is the brand I would recommend and can be purchased at the Coffee For Less website. Not only is this incredibly easy to make, but it tastes great!

Chai Latte
I just love a good chai latte! A chai latte is just the Spiced Tea mixed with milk that’s steamed from an espresso machine. I love the soft foamy texture the steamed milk adds to the chai.

You can get these at coffee houses, or if you can make them yourself if you have an espresso machine. I have detailed instructions on steaming (or frothing) milk in the coffee section of this site.

You can follow the above directions just don’t add the milk. This makes a strong tea. Then add the steamed milk straight from the espresso machine.

Practice to make velvety steamed milk and use fresh ingredients. This will insure that you make the perfect Chai Tea Latte.

2 cups water
4 Black Tea bags
1/4 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cinnamon stick
5 whole cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 pinch ground nutmeg
2 cups milk
Coffeebar Chai

“A delicious Chai tea that is easy to make at home. Serve hot or over ice.”

In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add tea, honey and vanilla. Season with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, ginger and nutmeg. Simmer for 5 minutes. Pour in milk, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, and strain through a fine sieve.

Mohammad Bhai’s Special Chai Recipe