柴茶是我在大学期间最喜欢的饮料之一，很多天我’d在上课的路上拿香草拿铁或柴茶拿铁。现在，我做 superfood 香草 lattes 相反，因为我需要蛋白质，健康的脂肪和营养素（而不仅仅是糖和人造香料）才能适应我忙碌的一天！
I wanted to create a healthy chai tea latte as well and since my kids always want some too, I wanted to find a faster way to make a bigger batch. By brewing up my own chai tea concentrate, I can add 牛奶 to create a hot or cold chai latte any time it sounds good (oreven freeze it to make a frosty blended version).
The Perfect Chai Tea Latte
You can use any combination of tea, spices, 牛奶 (like my new favorite, macadamia nut 牛奶), and sweetener to make the perfect chai latte for you. However, to achieve that warm and slightly spicy chai flavor, there are a few necessary spices. I always like to use cinnamon sticks, 整个丁香, 小豆蔻荚, black peppercorns, fresh ginger, and 香草 提取. Sometimes I’ll add chamomile flowers, star anise, or fennel too.
Buying a large quantity of different spices all at the same time can get expensive, but so does buying chai tea at a coffeeshop! 首页made saves money and is better for you. Also, here’s a fun frugal fact: did you know cinnamon sticks can be rinsed, dried, and reused 2-3 times?
我用的茶只取决于我的心情和我’我为此而努力。红茶是最明显的选择，但如果用 herbal tea (like 如意宝茶）或无咖啡因的茶，对孩子们来说真是太棒了，香料的混合对任何生病或充血的人都非常有用。
为了使您的采茶拿铁格外特别，可以在上面加鲜奶油，鲜椰子奶油或使用在咖啡中起泡的坚果奶。
How to Make 首页made Chai Tea Concentrate
这个 recipe makes 6 杯子 of a chai tea concentrate to be used as a base for the latte. To make a latte, mix equal parts tea and 牛奶 of choice together.
剩余的浓缩茶可以储存在冰箱的水罐中，并在接下来的一两周内根据需要使用。我很喜欢 this glass pitcher with a straining lid, because I can just leave the spices in the tea.
Note: If you don’t want to make so much chai at once, you can reduce the amount and make a single serving in a saucepan in just a few 分钟. Just simmer a small quantity of the herbs in the 水, add a tea bag or two and brew as a strong tea, add the 牛奶 or coconut 牛奶 until hot and sweeten to taste.
Instant Pot& Slow Cooker Options
这个 recipe can be made in a pan on the stove, in the Crock-Pot, or in the Instant Pot. The method I 选择仅取决于我当天有多少时间。
For all three methods, the spices are simmered in 水 before steeping the tea. The stovetop method takes about 30 分钟, the Instant Pottakes 5, and the slow cooker about 2 1/2 hours on high. After the spices are done simmering, add sweetener (if desired) and 香草 提取, and it’s done!
Chai Tea Latte Recipe
配料
- 6 杯子 水
- 5 小豆蔻荚
- 1 英寸 piece of fresh ginger
- 5 cinnamon sticks
- ½ 茶匙 black peppercorns
- 10 整个丁香
- 8 茶包 (or½ 杯子 loose black tea or 凉茶)
- 1 茶匙 香草 提取
- 2-4 TBSP 枫糖浆 (orhoney, optional)
- 牛奶 (dairy, or dairy-free, up to 6 杯子 or to taste)
使用说明
- Pour the 水 in a large saucepan, Crock-Pot, or Instant Pot.
- 用大刀的平侧将豆蔻豆荚打开，将姜切成薄片。
- 将豆蔻豆荚和种子，姜片，肉桂棒，花椒和丁香加到水中。
- 如果使用炉子，将水和香料烧开，然后盖上锅盖，煮至30分钟。
- If using a Crock-Pot, heat on high for 2 hours or low for up to 8 hours.
- 如果使用Instant Pot，在高压下煮5分钟，然后在排气前让压力自然释放10分钟。
- 如果使用的话，加入茶袋，香草精和甜味剂，并浸泡10分钟。
- Strain finished chai concentrate.
- 将热或冷的柴等份与热或冷的牛奶混合在一起，享受热或冷。上面加鲜奶油或鲜奶油椰子！
笔记
- 这个 is a chai concentrate meant to be mixed with 牛奶 to make a chai latte. Feel free to adjust the spice and sweetness levels to fit your taste.
- Freeze the chai in cubes and blend with 牛奶 for a frappe-style chai latte!
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Would almond 牛奶 work?
Just a tad confused. Do you add the 牛奶 after it cooks for the hours, or do you add the 牛奶 to cook with everything else for hours? And I’m seeing different lengths of cinnamon sticks, which, I assume, would lend to different amounts of cinnamon in the finished product. What do you use? THanks!
Add 牛奶 after it cooks…
我在地上煮了六个小时，但没有’直到它撞到第八个小时才拉伤，结果真的很苦。时间太长了吗？
可能是时间太长，或者取决于缸盖的头部差异，温度可能会略高…
这是一个非常好的想法 ！只是想感谢您提供的信息。只是继续撰写这类职位。我将会是忠诚的读者，非常感谢。
Just a suggestion, but the first chai I ever had was so good that I copied out the ingredients 从 the packet, and one of them was Star anise. that and the cardamom seemed to really“make” the flavor and I’d suggest adding that to your chai to keep it 从 being just plain ole spiced tea. teehee.
是的，没有很多新鲜的豆蔻豆荚，您将无法喝到真正的柴茶…还有黑胡椒粉！
这个 was amazing! Thanks so much! I used Red Raspberry Leaf tea as well and used individual packets of truvia to sweeten each 杯子. Thanks for the amazing recipe!
Did you use 8 bags of raspberry leaf tea?
昨晚我将食材放到我的低锅中，只是在期待中就醒了。我有一个凝结的le。 - 什么地方出了错？
did you use coconut 牛奶?
Yes, I used Coconut 牛奶. :/ I think it was Trader Joes brand, unsweetened. Perhaps the problem was that at the last moment I tossed in a spoonful of‘mulling spices’because I was a tad low on the cinnamon stick. The mulling spices had a bit dried orange rind, perhaps the citrus curdled the coconut 牛奶. Also I have a new-ish crock pot which seems to cook much hotter than the old one I had for years. My husband said it was‘boiling’when he got up (4:45 am) I assume it was‘simmering’. It was on low, and begun around 10 pm. Does using the new/hotter crock pots mean we always need to lessen the cooking time? I definitely can’t leave a roast in for 8 to 12 hours any longer. I cook two large boneless skinless Turkey breasts on low to falling apart tender in 5 hours on low in my small crock pot (5 quart, I think). I’ll try it again during the day when I can keep an eye on it. I was able to strain all the curdles out with a cheese cloth and I put the rest in a large jar, and it’s fine with fresh (coconut or almond) 牛奶 added and heated up. -
我所能想到的就是热量。如果您有一个新的缸，也许尝试几个小时，看看它是否更好！
Thanks! I’m bummed that I can’t wake up to hot chai. - Now if I want it I’ll need to just make it normal, or be forced to wait 2 hours. I sure which the FDA or whomever is responsible for the new higher heating crock pots would have just left well enough alone. 所有 my recipes have to be adjusted and the whole point of a crock pot is the ability to turn it on first thing in the am or last thing at night and forget it. Can anyone recommend a new crock pot that heats like the older ones?
我的也有点凝结。我想也许’椰子要分开吗？但是我只是把它拉紧并搅动它。还是很好吃！
我可以用肉桂粉代替肉桂棒吗？如果是这样，您会建议多少？
你可以，我’d请确保将其装在袋子中，因为某些原因，肉桂粉容易在锅中变粘
Thanks! I can’t wait to make this. Your pumpkin latte sounded so good but I don’t like coffee. Chai tea is one of my all time favorites but I have given it up due to the sugar/milk version that you get at Starbucks. I’m definitely going to try this one!
这个 looks absolutely delicious! What a great way to warm up in the cooler weather!