I developed this Chai Concentrate/Chai Latte with the aid of no less than 5 online recipes as a guide. It is the perfect blend of spicy and sweet. Make the concentrate each week and then enjoy your latte whenever you need a little bit of warming comfort.
Sweet and Spicy Chai Latte
Servings
2 Servings
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 8 black tea bags
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cinnamon sticks or 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 10 whole cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 pinches nutmeg
- Rind of 1/2 a large orange
- 6 whole black peppercorns
- Cinnamon sticks
- Chai concentrate
- Milk of your choice dairy, soy or nut based
- Ground cinnamon
- Honey optional
Instructions
- To prepare concentrate: Combine water, tea, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, rind, and peppercorns in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 10 minutes, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth, pressing and squeezing out all liquid from the tea bags. Store concentrate in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- To assemble latte. Place cinnamon stick in a tea glass or mug and combine equal parts warm Chai Concentrate with steamed milk. Dust with ground cinnamon and sweeten with additional honey if desired.
If you are concerned about boiling the honey, simmer the rest of the minute without the honey and then add the honey in after concentrating the flavors.
Thank you so much for the recipe. Both I and my daughter love chain latte. Just one question, is it safe to boil the honey? I read that by boiling it can get quite toxic.
lol glad you like it so much!
Thanks Gillian for the brand recommendations.
omg, thank you so much for posting this! It is gonna be so helpful when I get green tea at the market! Very Mind Blowing!
Wissotsky’s chai masala and rose chai are pretty good, but I think Pompadour’s is better, though a bit expensive. I definitely want to try making your concentrate – thanks
I always have green tea bags in my purse (even though they have green tea everywhere — I guess I just fear that I will be somewhere and NEED it lol!). Thanks for letting us know you like the Celestial Seasonings brand.
YAY YAY YAY!!! Thanks neighbor! Can you please give it a star rating (you can do so just under the recipe).
Its certainly one of MANY good reasons! I also have Cardamom Cookies in my new book JOY of KOSHER http://amzn.to/1aVQEOi and a Bombay Salmon using cardamom in my 2nd book QUICK & KOSHER Meals in Minutes… like I said, soooo many good reasons.
I know what you mean when you say heaven!!!
pleasure Hindy!!!
I’ve been looking for an excuse to add cardamom to my spice cabinet. Looks like this might just be a good reason!
I first learned about mild chai in India, where it is sooo good. Now my very favorite is the Bengal Spice Tea by Celestial Seasonings. I make it with a Vanilla Soy Milk and it is all so naturally sweet, no sweeteners needed. It is so yummy, I drink it all day long, and always take teabags with me when I travel.
I alternate between Stash and Tazo chai teas (both kosher … I think Stash might have an OU-P version), depending upon my mood. A little honey, a little skim evap milk, and I’m in heaven!
Chai is my favorite! Thanks for sharing this homemade recipe!
Thanks for letting me know I will look for it!
I tested this with various cooking times and I found the time above to yield a nice strong, full bodied and full flavored concentrate. If you are concerned you can just bring it to a boil and then simmer covered for 20 – 30 minutes. (Taste it after 20 and see how you like it). Note that this will yield more “concentrate” at least 3 cups worth.
To report back, I made this for shabbos and it was great. Not bitter at all. It will be in our regular rotation! Thanks from a fellow RBS-er.
Wissotsky makes a chai tea. It comes in two flavors, rose chai and masala chai.
I’m going to make this, but won’t the tea get all bitter and stewy if I cook it that long?