Chai Latte
A chai latte recipe made with whole spices, black tea and milk. Warm, fragrant and creamy, and ready in about 10 minutes without a mix.
Servings 2 mugs
Calories 166kcal
Cost $2
Equipment
- 1 Small saucepan
- 1 Fine mesh strainer
- 1 Two mugs
Ingredients
For the Spice Base
- 1 1/2 cups water 360 ml
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 4 pods green cardamom lightly crushed
- 4 whole cloves
- 4 slices fresh ginger about 1/4 inch thick
- 4 whole black peppercorns optional
For the Chai
- 3 bags black tea or 1 tablespoon loose Assam
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk or oat milk
- 2 tbsp brown sugar or honey, to taste
Instructions
Simmer the Spices
- Add the water, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger and peppercorns to a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
Steep and Finish
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the tea bags.
- Steep for 4 minutes, no longer.
- Return to low heat, remove the tea bags and stir in the milk and brown sugar.
- Heat for 2 minutes until steaming, without boiling.
- Strain into two mugs and serve hot.
Notes
Steep the tea no more than 4 minutes. Use whole spices, not ground. For iced chai, make concentrate with 1 cup water, chill, and mix 1/2 cup with cold milk over ice. Concentrate keeps 5 days.
Nutrition
Serving: 355ml | Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 6.2g | Fat: 6.4g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 340mg | Sugar: 22g | Calcium: 230mg | Iron: 0.1mg
