Chai Latte Recipe — How to Make It at Home (Hot + Iced)
A great chai latte starts with one thing: real spices. The kind that smell like cardamom and cinnamon when you open the jar, not a dusty powder that’s been sitting in a syrup bottle for months. This guide covers everything — a quick 10-minute version for weekdays, a deeper concentrate method for batching, hot and iced formats, and the spice ratios that actually matter. What Is a Chai Latte? A chai latte is a spiced tea drink made from black tea brewed with aromatic spices (cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, black pepper), combined with steamed or frothed milk. “Chai” literally means tea in Hindi — so “chai tea latte” is technically redundant, but widely understood. ...