Tazo Chai Tea Concentrate Recipe (Copycat Starbucks)

🧂 Ingredients

• 5 bags of black tea

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

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

  sliced
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 67 g sweetener of choice

  1/3 cup
• 500 ml water

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.

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