Starbucks Iced Chai Tea Latte Recipe (Copycat)
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Starbucks Iced Chai Tea Latte Recipe (Copycat)
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Make your own Starbucks Iced Chai Latte recipe using simple ingredients! With an easy chai concentrate recipe, cheaper and tastes better when you make your own iced chai lattes! I'll show you three easy ways to make it!
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Ingredients
Iced Chai Tea Latte Ingredients
- 6 ounces chai concentrate (choose from three methods below)
- 4-6 ounces whole milk or use other % or favorite plant-based product
- Ice cubes
- cinnamon for sprinkling on top
Method 1 - Homemade Chai Concentrate (so worth it)
- 6-8 teaspoons Darjeeling tea or use 6-8 tea bags, may also use Assam, or your favorite black tea
- 6 cups filtered water
- 2-4 tablespoons ginger slices about ½-1 inch slices
- 2 cinnamon sticks two short sticks or one long stick, broken
- 4-6 cloves
- 6-7 cardamom pods
- 1 star anise
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- ¼ -½ teaspoon nutmeg fresh grated is best
- ¼-⅓ cup honey or favorite sweetener, maple syrup, agave, sugar, brown sugar or sugar substitute
Method 2 - Super Fast Starbucks Iced Latte
- ½ cup chai concentrate Such as Tazo or Oregon Chai concentrate or your favorite
- ½ cup whole milk or other % milk or non-dairy product
Method 3 - Not quite so fast Iced Starbucks Iced Latte
- 2 chai tea bags or 2 tsp loose leaf chai tea
- ½ cup boiling water just boiled, don’t overboil
- 1-2 tsp honey or preferred sweetener, maple syrup, sugar or replacements work
- ¼ teaspoon REAL Vanilla Extract
- ½ cup whole milk or preferred milk product
Instructions
For all methods once you have chai concentrate
- Add ice to a tall glass (16 oz). Pour equal parts of chai concentrate and milk choice over the ice. If a spicier chai is desired, use more of a 2:1 ratio.
- If you prefer more of a shaken latte, place chai, milk, and ice in a shaker, and shake vigorously 10 or so times. Or if you have a cold frother, froth milk of choice, then add to the cold chai.
Notes
- How to make Iced Starbucks Chai Latte using store-bought concentrate
- How to make Starbucks Iced Chai Latte using a tea-bag concentrate
- vanilla extract
- How to make Chai Concentrate (for more delicious Iced Chai's to come)
- Measure all of your spices and ingredients so you are ready to go.
- In a bowl, using the end of a wooden spoon or a mortar and pestle, gently crush the 1-2 cinnamon sticks, 4-6 whole cloves, 4-5 cardamom pods, 1 star anise, and ginger (4 1-inch pieces). Grate the nutmeg (¼-½ tsp).
- Bring 6 cups of filtered water to a gentle boil and reduce to a simmer; add tea (6 teaspoons or 6 tea bags), add crushed spices and
- vanilla extract
- (1-2 tsp) to simmering.
- Reduce heat to a gentle simmer for just 5 minutes (longer will cause your tea to be bitter), stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
- Allow mixture to steep covered for about 10-15 minutes.
- Place a fine mesh
- strainer
- over a large 8-cup measuring bowl. Carefully pour the chai concentrate through the sieve. Discard the tea bags and spices.
- sieve
- Stir in honey or sweetener of choice until dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
- Pour your homemade chai concentrate into a desired container (at least 48 ounces) jar or bottle, cool and refrigerate. This will ensure your concentrate stays fresh and flavorful for a long time.
- Notes:If you like more “bite” or spice in your chai, feel free to increase the ginger, I like more of a medium spice.
- *Stronger Chai Latte | If you prefer a stronger chai, use 2:1 parts chai to milk ratio.
- Starbucks used to use Tazo Chai Tea Concentrate, available in your grocery store. They have regular and decaf and they also make a Skinny Version.
- Pour equal parts of chai concentrate and preferred milk in a tall glass (at least 16 ounces).
- Add ice cubes. Enjoy!
- In a heat-proof cup, add tea bags (or loose-leaf tea in an infuser) and pour just boiled water over the top. Steep for 5-10 minutes, the longer it steeps the stronger it is, but also a bit more bitter too.
- Remove tea bags and stir in desired sweetener and vanilla extract.
- Pour over 16-ounce glass filled with ice, then pour milk over the top, if desired shake to froth (a mason jar works great for this if you prefer)
- Measure all of your spices and ingredients so you are ready to go.
- In a bowl, using the end of a wooden spoon or a mortar and pestle, gently crush the 1-2 cinnamon sticks, 4-6 whole cloves, 4-5 cardamom pods, 1 star anise, and ginger (4 1-inch pieces). Grate the nutmeg (¼-½ tsp).
- Bring 6 cups of filtered water to a gentle boil and reduce to a simmer; add tea (6 teaspoons or 6 tea bags), add crushed spices and vanilla extract (1-2 tsp) to simmering.
- Reduce heat to a gentle simmer for just 5 minutes (longer will cause your tea to be bitter), stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
- Allow mixture to steep covered for about 10-15 minutes.
- Place a fine mesh strainer over a large 8-cup measuring bowl. Carefully pour the chai concentrate through the sieve. Discard the tea bags and spices.
- Stir in honey or sweetener of choice until dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
- Pour your homemade chai concentrate into a desired container (at least 48 ounces) jar or bottle, cool and refrigerate. This will ensure your concentrate stays fresh and flavorful for a long time.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
112 ounce Iced Latte
Calories
70kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Cholesterol
14mg
(5%)
Sodium
48mg
(2%)
Potassium
233mg
(7%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
184IU
(4%)
Calcium
139mg
(14%)
Iron
0.03mg
(0%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 112 ounce Iced Latte
Amount Per Serving
Calories 70 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 112 ounce Iced Latte | |
| Calories | 70kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 48mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 233mg | 5% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 184IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 139mg | 14% |
| Iron | 0.03mg | 0% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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