Chai Tea Concentrate Recipe
This homemade Chai Tea Concentrate uses just tea bags, water, and sugar. Perfect for hot chai lattes or iced chai, it’s quick, budget-friendly, and full of warm spice flavor.
Servings: 3 cups
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Equipment
- Small saucepan
- Whisk or spoon
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 12 chai teabags
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil over high heat. Add the tea bags, then turn off the heat. Let the tea steep for 6 minutes. Remove the tea bags from the pan. Stir in your sugar until it dissolves.
- Use the tea in your favorite hot lattes, or store it in an airtight container in the fridge for iced chai tea lattes.
Notes
- If you accidentally oversteep your tea, it will taste stronger and sometimes more bitter. You can dilute it by adding a tablespoon of water at a time until it reaches your preferred strength. You can also balance it out with extra milk or ice cubes when mixing your drink.
- Chai Tea Concentrate is made by steeping tea and spices together with added sugars. Chai Syrup usually contains only spices and sugar without the tea.
- Using a concentrate saves money compared to buying coffee shop drinks and gives you more control over ingredients. It is often a cleaner, healthier option than pre-made mixes.
- You can use the concentrate with many flavor variations, such as Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai or Hot Caramel Apple Chai. There are endless ways to customize it.