Chai Latte Recipe

This homemade chai tea latte recipe is internet famous and loved by thousands of readers. And it’s way better than a Starbucks chai tea latte. Made with simple pantry ingredients: black tea, warming spices, and milk. This from-scratch recipe is a tea lover’s favorite: rich and warming chai flavor with the perfect touch of natural sweetness. The perfect balance that makes this tea a must-make.

Easy Chai Latte

Let’s just say, this chai latte is the perfect mug of fresh brewed black tea, warming spices, a hint of sweetness, and extra frothy milk.

Total: 15min

Yield: 2

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 115 kcal, Carbohydrate 17 g, Protein 2 g, Fat 5 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Sodium 490 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 13 g, unSaturated Fat 4 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 3 cups milk (dairy or dairy-free)
• 2 black tea bags
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cardamom
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoon maple syrup or honey

Instruction:

1. Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once it begins to simmer, turn off the heat and add the tea bags (I snip any labels off the tea bags so they can fully immerse). Let the tea steep for 4 to 5 minutes, then remove the tea bags with a slotted spoon.
2. Turn the heat back up to medium heat, and add the cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom, vanilla, and maple syrup. Whisk everything together, until the chai tea is hot.
3. Pour the tea into mugs and if you’d like, top with extra milk foam and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Homemade Chai Tea Latte

This from-scratch recipe is a tea lover’s favorite: rich and warming chai flavor with the perfect touch of natural sweetness. The perfect balance that makes this tea a must-make.

Prep: 5min

Total: 20min

Yield: 4

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 74 kcal, Carbohydrate 13 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 4 mg, Sodium 28 mg, Sugar 11 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 2 black tea bags (like English breakfast, OR 4 grams of loose-leaf tea leaves)
• 2 whole cloves (or 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground allspice
• 2 TB pure maple syrup (or honey)
• 1/2 cup homemade chai tea concentrate (from the recipe above)
• 3/4 cup whole milk (or dairy-free milk: coconut milk, cashew milk, almond milk, oat milk)
• 1 TB pure maple syrup (or honey)
• pinch ground cinnamon

Instruction:

1. Remove the tea bags and strain the tea through a fine mesh strainer. Reserve 1/2 cup of chai concentrate to make a latte right now. Store the remaining chai concentrate in a jar in the fridge up to 2 weeks.
2. Serve warm.

Easy Chai Latte Recipe

This naturally-sweetened chai latte tastes like a coffeehouse drink without the extra sugar or preservatives. You can make it with or without tea (for a caffeine-free drink) and it can be easily customized to your tastes!

Prep: 2min

Total: 5min

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 119 kcal, Carbohydrate 22 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 3 g, Sodium 328 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 18 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 2 cups almond milk ((or milk of choice))
• 2 black tea bags ((optional; I like to use Darjeeling))
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (, or to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup ((or sweetener of choice))

Instruction:

1. If using tea, keep in mind that this drink will have caffeine. Heat up the almond milk in a saucepan over medium-high heat, until it begins to bubble around the edges of the pan. Turn off the heat, and add the 2 tea bags to the pot of hot milk. Wait 3 to 5 minutes for the tea to steep, then remove the bags and continue with the next step.
2. If you’re skipping the tea, add the plain almond milk to a sauce pan.
3. Now that the milk is in the saucepan (whether it’s been brewed as tea, or not) add in the cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and maple syrup. Whisk to combine, stirring over medium heat, until the mixture is piping hot.
4. Adjust any seasoning to your taste and serve immediately. Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for up to 4 days in the fridge. You can serve them chilled over ice, or reheat on the stove again.

Chai Tea Latte recipe – better than Starbucks

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