ICED CHAI SAFFRON LATTE
Iced Chai Saffron Latte is a spicy, flavourful, aromatic, cooling,summer tea drink. Enjoy a hot version during the cold season.
Ingredients
- 3½ cups water
- 1 cup cold milk any milk of your choice
- 2 1 inch cinnamon sticks
- 4-6 cloves
- 4 cardamoms slightly crushed
- 8-10 peppercorns
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg powder
- ¼ tsp saffron
- 2-3 tsp black tea leaves or 3 teabags
- 4-6 tsp sugar or a sweetener of your choice
- some whipped cream optional
- ice cubes
Instructions
BREW THE SPICES
- Add water, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and peppercorns in a saucepan and bring it to boil over medium heat.
- Let the water simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. This allows the oils and flavors of the spices to infuse into the water.
- Take the pan off the heat.
BREW THE TEA & SAFFRON
- Add the nutmeg powder, sugar, tea leaves and saffron. Cover the pan or teapot and let the tea and saffron infuse for 5-7 minutes.
COOL THE CHAI MIXTURE
- Strain the tea mixture. At this stage you can store the tea in the fridge till required.
SERVING ICED CHAI SAFFRON LATTE
- For each serving take ¾ cup of the brewed tea and add ¼ cup cold milk. Mix well.
- Pour the chai or tea over some ice cubes. Top with some whipped cream and serve immediately.
- To make a healthier version, you can omit the whipped cream.
Notes
- To serve hot chai latte, heat the milk before adding it to the hot brewed and strained tea. Can top it with some frothed milk or cream.
- This chai mixture tastes really good when served with loads of ice without any milk or cream as a cooling beverage.
- Adjust the amount of spices used according to your taste.
- Store the brewed tea mixture without adding milk or cream in the fridge till required.
- The amount of tea required will depend on the kind or brand of tea you use. I used Kericho Gold tea (not paid to advertise their products) which is quite a strong tea.