Homemade Chai Tea Latte
A homemade chai latte recipe with whole ingredients: cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger, cardamom, star anises, peppercorns, cloves, tea and milk. The brilliant taste of warm spices inside my cheeks are delightful!
Servings: 2 cups
Cost: $15
Equipment
- Pot
- Cutting Board
- Knife
- Strainer
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups milk
- 10 peppercorns crushed
- 10 cardamon pods cracked
- 1 inch ginger sliced
- 8 cloves whole
- 1 cinnamon stick 3-4 inches
- 3 star anises
- 2 tbs looseleaf tea or 1-2 tea bags
- 2 cups milk
- 5 tbs sugar or honey
Instructions
- Add water to pot on stovetop to heat up to a boil
- Crush peppercorns
- Crack cardamom pods
- Slice ginger
- Add peppercorns, cardamom pods, and ginger to water
- Add rest of whole ingredients: cloves, cinnamon and star anise to water
- Add looseleaf tea to tea bag, add to pot to steep with other ingredients
- Once water reaches a boiling point, turn stove to a low bowl and let spices steep for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Add milk to pot and continue low heat for another 10 minutes (or until milk is warmed). Stir occasionally.
- Optional: add honey or sugar to desired sweetness
- Strain tea latte with a strainer as you pour into cups
Notes
You could also add 1 tsp of fennel seeds.
Monitor milk so that it doesn't boil over and make a big mess.
Once you have tried this recipe, make notes about the flavours that you want more or less of next time you make it.