Ingredients:

• 1/4 of a 70g pack Chai mix
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon raw sugar/honey/sweetener of choice
• 2.5 cups water
• 2 cups milk of choice (soy and full cream work best)

Method:

• Bring about 2 and a half cups of water to a slow boil.
• Add the chai mix, ginger and sugar and stir.
• Simmer for 2 to 5 minutes and continue stirring.
• Add your milk of choice while stirring and keeping the mix hot.
• Simmer for 5 or more minutes to really cook the flavour from the spices into the creaminess of the milk. Try to aerate the chai while mixing.
• At this point you can pour the mix through a sieve into a teapot, or you can reduce the heat to around 60-65C (or serving temperature) and allow the spices to cook further.

Tips:

• Try to get an even mix of the spices when you make the chai.
• You lose a bit of liquid to evaporation so the recipe above makes around 4 cups.
• Making larger quantities can be easier to manage the temperatures and ingredients.
• The 70g packet makes around 4L of chai.
• If you make too much, you can refrigerate it to reheat later and it is still delicious.
• Try pouring refrigerated chai over ice on a hot day!
• Try using Rapadura sugar or brown sugar for something different.

Ingredients:

• 70g pack of chai
• 4 tbsp grated ginger
• 4 tbsp raw sugar
• 2.3L water
• 2L milk of choice (soy and full cream milk work best)

Method:

• Boil 2.2L of water and add to slow cooker (must be over 5L in capacity).
• Add the spices, ginger and raw sugar then stir.
• Turn the slow cooker to low and continue stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
• Warm the milk to over 60C before adding to the slow cooker and stir.
• Leave for 2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes or so (depending on the slow cooker, but the hotter it is, the more you should stir).
• Pour through a sieve into a teapot then serve.

Tips:

• Some milks tend to separate when heated for a period of time. Most soy milks and full cream milks are fine if they are fresh, but if they have been open in a fridge for a while, perhaps open a fresh one.
• The best temperature to keep the chai brewing slowly at is about 60-65C so if your slow cooker is quite hot, maybe turn it off for periods of time and turn it back on.
• Stirring and trying to get some air into the chai helps to bring out the flavours.

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