Favorite chai recipes?
 

I drink a LOT of chai (not the kind of concentrate, but black tea, cooked with milk--for me soy milk--ginger, spices, etc), and I'm always looking for new ideas/ recipes to try. I would love to hear some favorites.

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:popcorn I haven't made any homemade yet, would love some recipes and tips too. :D

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I make the "chai" without the tea by heating milk, putting a splash of vanilla and a bit of honey in it, along with some cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom. I don't measure but jyst do small pinches of each spice until it tastes right.

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When I'm making a "real" chai and not just water, tea, milk & sugar boiled up just so...

I boil cardamon pods (squished just a smidge so they open), ginger root, & a cinnamon stick in and boil that before adding the tea bag and then boil up the sugar and milk the same way as a the casual cup...

That's just the way I've been making it since I was 8...

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:popcorn

I'll freely admit to boiling just cardamom pods and honey in milk and drinking it that way, but that's not really chai. :giggle I'd love to make my own. :heart

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I make my own concentrate and refrigerate it for quick chai lattes.

I put 3 c. water, 2/3 c. sucanat, 2 t. vanilla in a mason jar the microwave til the sugar was dissolved. I added about 2 T. of raw honey to the hot water and then steeped four Tazo organic chai tea bags. Voila, just like the boxed stuff. Use it just like the concentrate and mix 1/2 c. milk & 1/2 c. tea (or however much you want, I guess). :yum

Actually, now I think I need to go make some. :yes

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I LOVE the idea of making my own concentrate--my favorite cafe actually does this, can't believe I've never thought of it before.

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That's a great idea, Lindsay! Thank you. :cool

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Once I was given a little jar of whole chai spices assembled as a DIY gift item. They were so pretty. Star anise is one I remember seeing in there. But I have no idea the amounts and everything that was in there so it could be duplicated.

:popcorn :cup

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Niph - how long do you steep the tea bags fo the concentrate? And what's sucanat? :bag

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I want to try making some! I just use Good Earth decaf chai and coconut milk creamer. :yum

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Sucanat

I steep the tea however long it takes me to clean up the mess the children inevitably made while I was mixing the ingredients. :O :lol I'm a very exact person, don't ya see... ;)

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:popcorn