If you enjoy the hot tea beverage served at your favorite Indian restaurant or the chai latte offered at your local coffee shop, then you'll want to learn how to make a chai latte so that you can prepare it anytime exactly the way you like it. The chai latte is a hot spiced tea drink whose origins can be traced to ancient India. The word chai means "tea." In India, where spiced tea is a staple, the combination of tea, spices and milk or cream is referred to simply as chai. Since the 1940s, the milk tea has been served in Indian restaurants in America. It became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, but it only began appearing in coffee shops in the 1980s.http://www.arzoomag.com/culture/the-history-of-chai/ Today, it is popularly known as chai latte. This page will teach you how to make a chai latte on your own.

The chai latte is not a complicated beverage, requiring surprisingly few ingredients. Although most of these spices are commonly found in India, some of them may not be available in your neighborhood grocery store. The following spices can be used in the preparation of chai lattes:

• - Green cardamom
• - Cinnamon
• - Cloveshttp://allrecipes.com/recipe/hot-chai-latte/detail.aspx
• - Peppercorns
• - Fresh ginger root
• - Fresh orange peel
• - Ajwain
• - Allspice berries
• - Coriander
• - Dark chocolatehttp://www.hotelchocolat.com/chocolate-tea-recipe-ARecipe_Chocolate_Tea/
• - Fennel
• - Licorice root
• - Nutmeg
• - Vanilla beans

Of course, the basic ingredients are the following:

• - Black tea bag or leaveshttp://www.chailatterecipes.com/
• - Milk
• - Hot water
• - Sweetener

There are several ways to prepare a Chai Latte, dependent on personal preference. Some people believe that tea leaves should never be boiled. If you belong to this camp, then you'll want to take some clean hot water and pour it over the spices and the tea, allowing them to steep until you have your desired color and aroma.http://www.2basnob.com/chai-tea.html

The chai is now ready. In order to turn it into a chai latte, you must add milk. Heat the milk on medium heat. Remove from heat just before it boils. Once it has reached the intended temperature, add sugar or your preferred sweeterner if you wish to sweeten the beverage. Stir until the sweetener is dissolved. Strain the chai away from the tea and spices, add the milk and garnish with shaved chocolate, ground nutmeg or a fresh orange peel.http://www.buzzle.com/articles/chai-latte-recipe.html

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