How to Make the Perfect Chai Tea Latté

I'll admit it, I love chai tea lattés from starbucks, but come on! $3.45 for a drink is steep, so I invented a way to have my chai tea at home for a fraction of the price.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 4 Stash Double spice chai tea bags
• Honey
• Sugar
• Vanilla extract (not imitation!)
• 8 cups water
• Milk/Soy Milk
• Saucepan
• Steam Wand (Optional)

1. Pour 8 cups water in the sauce pan and place on the stove on high. Drop the 4 tea bags in the water and bring to boiling. Reduce the water to 4 cups. The tea will now be very dark and concentrated.

2. Pull the tea bags out of the water and discard.

3. While still warm, add 4 Tablespoons sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/2 teaspoon honey.

4. Cool, and refrigerate up to 10 days.

5. To make a latté, use a 50/50 mixture of chai tea concentrate and milk.

6. Microwave or use the steam wand to heat. Enjoy the wonderful creamy drink!

Tips & Warnings

• Each cup of chai tea concentrate is 46 calories.
• If the tea bags burst while boiling, strain out the loose tea with a strainer before mixing with the other ingredients.
• This can be very addictive!

[jull14]

on 7/2/2009 Excellent article and very helpful. I like the way you explain the steps. We need more article like this one, it is very important to read and write articles that can help others. Thanks for sharing with the ehow community.

[crazycatlady]

on 12/5/2008 This sounds like a wonderful treat! Thanks for sharing.