Tuesday, January 13, 2009

How to make the perfect Chai Latte from Starbucks

I personally love Starbucks, I cant find anywhere their perfect Latte Caramel... But I do know how to make their great Chai Latte. Originally they use a flavoured tea bag you can purchase at the store, lots of cinnamon and milk. But I can tell you how to make it using the original spicies. The taste is the same, plus, it' s much healthier.
It all started when my boyfriend's mum gave me the authentic indian tea recipe.
Just to let you know, its fantastic for stomachaches, when you have a cold , when the weather is cold and practically anything!
So let's begin..
You can use any tea bag you want , green or black tea, but I would suggest to avoid something like lemon flavoured tea ...Mmm, you don't want lemon taste in your indian tea or anything like that...Yak, I made the mistake once...trust me..not nice.
For a cup of tea, you put the quantity of water you want in a small pan.
Then you add 1 teaspoon of fennel (γλυκάνισος)
3-4 seeds of cardamo (κάρδαμο that is)1 cinnamon stickabout a teaspoon of cinnamon powder
as much sugar as you like (I put 2 teaspoon, I like it sweet)and of course , don't forget the teabagYou put everything in the water, you stir a bit, and you let it boil. Be careful and stay close cause as soon as it starts boiling, it's really easy to explode :P
Move the pan away from the stove, and strain the mixture in a cup.
You put a bit of milk in a different cup and using a small hand electric mixer (or anything else you have, you can even put it in a shaker) you stir till it becomes like foam.
You pour the milk-foam-thing in the tea and wohoo it floats (yes, I'm silly)!
You put some cinnamon powder on top, for taste AND presentation, and voila!
Your fabulous tea is ready!Enjoy!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

check u out!!

i love tea!! when i go to starbucks, i usually order their ginger green tea. i should try their chai tea!!

yummmy!! now i am craving for some starbucks!!!

oh yeah, i discovered those artist from friends, myspace and my cousin! i love colors!!

Dorothy said...

Το έφτιαξα σήμερα το απόγευμα και βγήκε πολύ καλό! Από τσάι έβαλα πράσινο με μέντα, super γεύση (αν και πεθαίνω για caramel macchiato, το ομολογώ!).

Marietta said...

Χαίρομαι που σ'άρεσε. :)

Alecca Rox said...

looks deliiiicious! Will certainly try that!

*love ur blog, adding u to my blogroll;)

Tina { Luphia Loves... } said...

how did i miss this? thanks for the recipe, will def try it out!

Anonymous said...

To εφτιαξα και ήταν κα-τα-πλη-κτι-κό!!Ευχαριστούμε πολύ για τη "συνταγή"!!!