What is in vanilla/spiced chai tea?!
What is in vanilla/spiced chai tea?
I recently tasted a vanilla chai tea and i was wondering what the ingredients were. i was also wondering what the ingredients are in spiced chai tea. thanks.
Answers:
if you got it at a starbucks type place it has a lot of sugar prob in the form of high fructose corn syrup Also some type of creamer-often in the form of partially hydrogenated vegetabel oil(trans fats) be careful of the mixes as they often contain many of those unhealthful and non traditional items
If you make at home you would just boil some form of milktogether w/ water- for creamier richer taste add mostly milk-less creamy-more water-(you can use skim all the way up to half and half/creme or condensed milk -not sweetened) together with some spices -combo of what you like best-to it like fresh ground (already ground has very little flavorr but you could try it)cardommom,ginger,cinnamon, n ut meg and or cloves;the last 2 items in a tiny amount as they are the strongest and will overpower it if too much-add either 1 teabag of black tea(like tetley or lipton) per cup of liquid Or 1/2-1 teaspoon of loose black tea per cup and strain later) For the vanilla either use vanilla sugar or vanilla flavoring(amt to taste) or for top quality boil the vanilla bean itself in the liquid.
Heat the liquid mixture until it has scalded-foamed in other words- you have to watch it on the stove so it doesnt overflow at that pointthat gives the caramalized flavor - Add sweetener to taste(sugar honey splenda etc)
Source(s):
lived in East Africa-chai is made this way there-usually w/ just the cardammom or cardammom and ginger... but w/o nutmeg/cinnamom/cloves or vanilla- I just added those as many people in America are used to it made that way
In a Starbucks Chai Tea Latte there is:
Ingredients: An infusion of (water, black tea, cardamom, black pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, natural flavors and star anise), sugar, honey, ginger juice, natural flavors, vanilla and citric acid.
All chai tea is spiced and some people put vanilla in it.
well you got the ingredients from the other people but i wanna just say good choice of tea, but black chai is may fav