Starbucks Copycat Homemade Chai Syrup (& Chai Latte)

Starbucks Copycat Homemade Chai Syrup (& Chai Latte)

Make some chai syrup and tea concentrate at home so you can mix up your own affordable and delicious chai lattes anytime you like! Our syrup recipe makes 13 servings in one batch, and tastes amazing with oat milk.

Makes about 1 ⅔ cups of syrup, 1 serving is 2 Tablespoons

Course Drinks

Cuisine American, Indian

Keyword homemade chai syrup, starbucks chai latte

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Cooling time 30

Total Time 1

Servings servings

Calories 76kcal

Author Sarah Jane Parker

Ingredients

2 cups hot water (just boiled)
10 Tazo chai black tea bags
1 ¼ cups unbleached sugar (or regular white sugar)
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
⅛ teaspoon cardamom

Instructions

Chai syrup

Measure out 2 cups of hot water into a heat resistant bowl or large cup and steep 10 Tazo chai tea bags in the hot water for 15 minutes, occasionally stirring the tea bags to make sure they are all wet and soaking, but don't dunk the tea bags (this can result in bitterness).
2 cups hot water, 10 Tazo chai black tea bags
After 15 minutes, squeeze out the tea bags well and discard the bags. If the tea bags split, pour through a fine tea strainer to filter out any tea or spice particles. You should end up with around 1 ½ cups of very strong chai (chai concentrate).
Add the freshly brewed chai concentrate to a small saucepan with 1 ¼ cups of sugar (we use Zulka unbleached sugar). Whisk in the cream of tartar.
1 ¼ cups unbleached sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Heat over medium to medium-low heat until lightly boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, whisking occasionally.
Once the 10 minutes are up, remove from the heat and whisk in the vanilla and spices.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon , 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves, 1/8 teaspoon cardamom
Allow to cool completely. Store in a jar at room temperature.
For drinks, use about 2-3 Tablespoons syrup for an 8 ounce drink. You can use 3 Tablespoons syrup for a stronger drink.

Oatmilk chai latte

For an 8 ounce chai, mix together 2 Tablespoons of syrup, 4 ounces (1/2 cup) water, and 4 ounces (1/2 cup) of oatmilk.
Use hot water and hot oat milk for a hot drink, or cold water and cold oat milk for an iced drink with a few ice cubes.
Adjust the amount of syrup for larger drinks (like 12 to 16 ounces).

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Notes

This chai syrup is moderately spiced, if you like your chai strong, you can use more syrup in your drink, double the spices in the syrup, or replace the water in your drink with brewed chai for a double-strength chai latte.

Nutrition estimates are for the syrup only, not for a finished chai latte drink.

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