Starbucks Chai Latte Copycat Recipe

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With just 2 ingredients, this spiced black tea Starbucks hot drink is so easy to make at home, including the frothy foam. It’s a little spicy and perfectly sweet.

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Recipe Highlights

Chai Latte is a spiced tea drink made with black tea, warming spices like cinnamon and clove, and milk. This copycat recipe recreates the Chai Tea Latte at Starbucks. It’s the most popular tea drink at Starbucks.
It’s so easy to make, with just 2 ingredients (chai concentrate and milk), using the same brand of chai concentrate that Starbucks uses.
The delicious fluffy foam is made using my trick of frothing milk with a French press.
This recipe makes a 16 ounce cup of chai latte, which is the exact size of a grande drink size.

Ingredient Notes

Tazo Classic Chai Latte Concentrate
This chai concentrate tastes exactly like the one used at Starbucks, but the one in the stores are a stronger concentrate that needs to be diluted with water. A black tea concentrate is made with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and vanilla.
Milk
2% milk is what Starbucks uses to make makes their chai latte but you can use any kind of milk you like, including oat or soy.

My Chai Concentrate Pick

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Delicious and so easy to make at home using this chai concentrate that tastes just like the one at Starbucks!

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Step-by-Step Instructions

Four photo collage showing steps to make a chai latte.

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Heat chai concentrate and milk in a saucepan.
Pour heated chai latte into a French press.
Place lid and move the plunger up and down.
Chai latte will double in volume.
Pour chai latte into a mug.

My French Press Pick

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Works great for making froth, cold foam, and hot tea!

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Expert Tips

Every company makes a different chai blend using different spices so if you want your chai latte to taste just like Starbucks, you’ll need to use the Tazo chai concentrate.
No need to add any sugar since the chai concentrate is sweetened.
To customize your drink, add brown sugar syrup and swap the 2% milk with oat milk. Top it off with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam.
If don’t want the froth, you can skip the French press and just heat the milk and chai concentrate.
Don’t overfill the French press. Since the chai latte will double in volume as air is pumped in, don’t fill the French press more than halfway with the chai latte.
A handheld milk frother can also be used to make froth, but the French press does a better job.

Questions You May Have

Is there caffeine in this drink?

Yes, the chai is made with black tea, so there’s caffeine in the drink.

What does chai latte taste like?

It tastes like black tea with hints of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and other warming spices. The milk and sugar make it creamy and sweet.

What’s in Starbucks Chai Tea Latte?

It’s made with 2% milk, water, and a chai tea concentrate that includes black tea, cardamom, black pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and vanilla.

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