Chai Latte Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 3-4 tablespoons chai concentrate
• 250 ml milk of choice

  just over 1 cup, or a little less than a mugful
• maple syrup

  to taste (optional)
• 5 bags of black tea (regular or decaf)

  or 5 tsp loose black tea in a reusable infuser
• 500 ml water
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 3 star anise
• 10 whole cloves
• 10 green cardamom pods

  crushed
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 3 inches fresh ginger root

  sliced
• 67 g sweetener of choice

  1/3 cup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• 1 Begin by dry roasting the whole spices (cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves,
  cardamom, black peppercorns) in a pan over medium heat for 4-5 minutes, until
  fragrant.
• 2 In a medium sized pot, add water and tea, and bring them to a simmer.
• 3 Add the roasted spices and sliced fresh ginger.
• 4 Simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the volume has reduced by about half.
• 5 In the last couple of minutes of simmering, add the sweetener and stir well.
• 6 Turn off the heat and scoop out the spices and tea bags with a slotted spoon.
• 7 Mix in vanilla extract and allow the chai tea concentrate to cool down to room
  temperature before storing in an airtight container.
• 8 Heat your milk in a pot on the stove or in the microwave for a couple of minutes
  in a measuring jug. It should be hot but not boiling.
• 9 Froth your hot milk with a hand-held milk frother or steaming wand if desired.
• 10 Add 3-4 tablespoons of chai concentrate to your mug and top it up with the warm,
  frothy milk.
• 11 Taste and adjust the sweetness and flavor with maple syrup or more chai
  concentrate, and enjoy!

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