Tea Latte

A chai latte is spiced black tea steeped strong, sweetened, and finished with steamed milk — the tea world’s equivalent of a latte. It’s creamy, warmly spiced, and substantially lower in caffeine than an espresso drink. This guide shows three methods to make it at home, plus the dirty chai upgrade that home baristas prefer. What Is a Chai Latte? A chai latte is a tea latte made from chai — black tea brewed with warming spices like cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and black pepper — combined with steamed and frothed milk. “Chai” simply means “tea” in Hindi; “masala chai” means spiced tea. The Western café version (Starbucks popularized it in 1994) adds extra sweetener and uses a concentrate. ...

A London Fog Latte is Earl Grey tea steeped strongly, sweetened with vanilla syrup, and finished with steamed milk and foam. It tastes like a tea-forward latte — floral, bergamot-bright, lightly sweet — with the creaminess of a café latte and about half the caffeine. This is the drink to make when you want the ritual of a café latte without espresso. It’s been a Starbucks menu staple since 2012 and is one of the easiest tea lattes to replicate at home with better results than the café version. ...