Iced Chai Latte Recipe At Home! Healthy Chai Tea Latte made with tea bags and Maple Syrup

Instant, fast, and slow. Today I'm gonna teach you all three methods of making an iced chai latte at home. Okay, let's dive in. Let's start with the instant version, which is store-bought chai concentrate. I really like this one from Rishi because it's organic and the flavors are beautiful. To make an iced chai latte with it, simply fill your cup about 1 3rd full with the chai concentrate, add a splash of whipping cream, and top it off with whole milk, making sure to leave room for ice. Now just drop in about three or four ice cubes, give it a good stir, and you're good to go. Purchasing chai concentrate can get expensive, but when you compare it to Starbucks prices, I can make a completely organic iced chai latte for under $2. So in the long run, you'll actually be saving money versus going to a coffee shop. However, store-bought concentrates are often pre-sweetened so you can't control the level of sweetness. The fast method involves brewing a single serving of chai tea. This can be done with either tea bags or loose leaf chai tea. First, the loose leaf version. Place two mounded teaspoons of loose leaf chai tea into a tea strainer. Put that in your serving cup and pour enough boiling water on top to cover the tea, which is about half a cup. Cover with a plate and allow to steep for five to 10 minutes. You'll have a stronger chai flavor if you let it steep for 10 minutes, but the tea will be more bitter. Okay, now for the tea bag version. I also really like Rishi Masala chai tea bags, but again, they are quite expensive. I've also used Equal Exchange chai as well as Thrive Market chai. They aren't quite as sublime as the Rishi chai, but they are still quite good. Place two tea bags into your cup. Pour half a cup of boiling water on top. Cover with a plate and allow to steep for five to 10 minutes. After the tea is done steeping, make sure to squeeze out the tea bags to extract as much flavor as you can. Now for both the loose leaf and the tea bag version, add one teaspoon of maple syrup and one quarter teaspoon of pure vanilla extract. Add three to four ice cubes to your cup depending on how large your ice cubes are. Pour about a quarter to a third cup of whipping cream on top and top with one third cup of whole milk. Put a lid on your jar and give it a good shake to make sure everything gets really cold. You can also just stir it with a spoon if you prefer. This method is perfect for slow weekend mornings when you have enough time to brew the tea, or you can multitask and steep the tea while you're doing other things to get ready for your day. It's also great if you only drink ice chai occasionally so you don't have a ton of concentrate on hand that you have to use up. But if you drink ice chai all the dang time, then I recommend using method number three, which is making your own chai concentrate. Open up 13 tea bags. Yep, you heard me, 13 tea bags. Place two and a half cups of boiling water into a measuring cup. Add the tea bags, making sure that they are submerged in the water. Cover with a plate and allow to steep for five to 10 minutes. Using a large slotted spoon, squeeze out the tea bags and set them aside. Add two tablespoons plus half a teaspoon of pure maple syrup to the chai concentrate. Then add one and a half teaspoons of pure vanilla extract. Give it a good stir. And pour the whole thing into a storage container. This weck jar is the perfect size, and I'll have that linked down below. Or if you just use two cups of water instead of two and a half cups of water, this should fit into a pint jar. Now again, this can be done with loose leaf chai tea. Simply add 13 rounded teaspoons to the boiling water instead of the tea bags. Give it a stir, cover with a plate, and steep for five to 10 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh sieve before adding the maple syrup and vanilla extract. To make the iced chai tea latte, ladle six to eight tablespoons of your homemade chai concentrate into your cup. Add about three to four ice cubes. Pour a quarter to a third cup of whipping cream on top. And top it all off with a third cup of whole milk. Give it a really good shake or stir, and you're good to go. Make sure to check out this video next to learn how to make a dirty chai latte.