Homemade Chai Tea
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My husband has spent three years deployed in the Middle East and during his time there developed a love for Chai tea. I love hot and cold tea but had never tried Chai tea until he introduced it to me a few years ago. I loved it of course and since we all know about my coffeehouse aversions (see my Starbucks copycat Pumpkin Spice Latte or Lemon Loaf for more on that!) I wanted to figure out a homemade version. When a friend posted a slow cooker Chai tea recipe on Facebook last week I used hers as a jumping point to develop my own homemade Chai tea latte recipe using what I had on hand. The results were pretty tasty and the cost is less than $2 a cup!
PrintHomemade Chai Tea Recipe
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Save your money by creating your own homemade Chai tea concentrate at home in less than an hour!
Ingredients
- 4 cups milk (cow, coconut or almond)
- 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp honey or agave nectar
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 4 star anise
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp whole cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp black peppercorns
- 2 family size black tea bags
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and heat over medium high heat until boiling, stirring often.
- Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often.
- Remove from heat and let steep for additional 40 minutes.
- Strain mixture and store in refrigerater up to one week.
- To make Chai Tea latte, mix concentrate 1:1 with milk-warm or over ice.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Drinks
- Method: none
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 136
- Sugar: 21.3 g
- Sodium: 105.5 mg
- Fat: 0.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 24.9 g
- Protein: 8.9 g
- Cholesterol: 4.9 mg
Do you have a chai tea recipe of your own? I’d love to hear your version-there seem to be so many options out there!
Loved this! Thanks so much for sharing!
Sounds awesome – I love chai tea lattes but I don’t love what they cost!
I am not familiar with “family size teabags” – if all I have are the normal ones, how many would I use to get the equivalent, do you think?
I’d substitute two regular black tea bags for each family sized bag. Or maybe 5 regular size total for the two family sized!