Comments on: Homemade Chai Latte Mix Recipe

By: Madge

Madge — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:05 +0000

Here is a great Chai recipe that I often make. It is from 1001 Indian Recipes by Neelam Batra:

1.5 cups water
1 cardamom pod, broken open to release seeds
1.5 teaspoons fennel seeds
1.5 to 2 teaspoons loose black tea leaves
1 cup milk
sugar, to taste

Bring water, cardamom and fennel to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat and simmer until water turns brown and reduces by a third. (You should have 1 cup of water in the pan.)

Add tea leaves and turn off heat. Let steep 2 minutes.

Add milk, bring to a boil again. Pour through fine mesh sieve into 2 teacups. Serve hot with sugar on the side.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:46:12 +0000

Well, that’s nice. But you really don’t have to use all that. Buy some chai tea (Republic of Tea or other folks), steep it in steamed or scalded milk, and sweeten it to your preference. No crap, no work.

By: zelda

zelda — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:41:30 +0000

I was wondering if you have any pound cake recipes.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:57:14 +0000

Janessa- I will be searching around for the liquid concentrate recipe later! I’ve worked at different coffee shops, and I have my own espresso machine now (about 2-3 months of latte’s paid for the machine) but the one thing I miss are those chai latte’s! i have tried several different powder mixes, and they taste nothing like the coffee shop kind. You can buy the liquid concentrate from various coffee shops, but it’s definitely not frugal to do so. If you’re going to go the powder mix route, I would advise to exclude any dry milk/creamer products, and instead add your mix to hot milk. Steamed milk would be the ideal choice (but not everyone has an espresso machine with a steamer). stove top would be next choice for heating the milk, last would be the microwave, although microwaved milk does not taste nearly as good as steamed, so you loose some of the flavor that way.

By: Beth Harris

Beth Harris — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:48:29 +0000

Hi!
What about a recipe for Chai using Stevia or Truvia?
Thanks!

By: hiptobeme

hiptobeme — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:28:32 +0000

Seems to me if you bought non lemon Iced tea powdr,you could just use it and reduce the white sugar? Also, mix iced tea mix, apple juice and some of these spices for hot apple cider, YUM!

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By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:29:59 +0000

Read some of the comments above. I reckon it’s all how you like your chai to be. If someone needs it, I can give you the authentic chai recipe that mom makes at home in India. In fact, I love my chai (I don’t understand what chai tea means because ‘chai’, which is a Hindi word, literally means tea. So this would mean tea tea, which doesn’t make sense, does it?).

In India, people drink chai by the cupfuls and it is the staple drink when guests come home.

So, step-by-step, here it is:

Boil 1 cup water. Put in 1.5 tsp chai mix (this can be pre-made or you can crush the spices instantly. This chai mix/ powder consists of 2 cardamom, 2-3 cloves and 2′ piece of cinnamon bark. If you want to pre-make a larger batch, just multiply the quantities). Then, grate a ½” piece of ginger in the boiling water. Add 1 tsp loose tea leaves. Let it brew on medium heat till it becomes totally black. Add 2-3 tsp sugar according to taste. Then add 4-5 tbsp milk, enough so that the chai gets a brownish-goldenish colour. Now let this chai come to a boil. Once its done, switch off the stove and let the chai sit in the hot vessel for about 2 minutes for it to absorb its flavour. Then sieve it into cups and serve with savoury Indian snacks.

If you want more easy Indian recipes or for any issue, you can visit my blog http://www.worldsismoioyster.blogspot.com.

By: coffetlk

coffetlk — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:07:45 +0000

Has anyone tried this dry mix with Splenda? I’m need to do sugar free as often as possible. I bought the liquid sugar free Oregon chai tea and I’m ashamed to say I threw it away, it was terrible! What a waste. I might sub in some Splenda and see how it goes. Thanks as always to all!

By: minnow

minnow — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:45:34 +0000

Oh man, there is little that compares to a fresh steaped cup of chai. Barely even needs milk it’s so good!