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How to Make a Masala Chai Latte

Rishi Masala Chai steeped strong and topped with steamed milk: the café chai latte, spiced and creamy, with real tea instead of a syrup.

Serves: 1 (8 oz)
Time: 7 min
Skill: Easy
Gear: Kettle + steamed milk

Ingredients

1 sachet Rishi Masala Chai
4 fl oz (120 ml) water, heated to 200°F / 93°C
4 fl oz (120 ml) milk of your choice
Optional: honey or sugar

Rishi Masala Chai$14.95

Method

1
Steep the sachet in the hot water for 5 minutes.
2
While it steeps, steam or froth the milk until hot and silky.
3
Lift out the sachet and sweeten the tea if you like.
4
Pour in the milk, holding back the foam, then spoon the foam on top.

Best results: Sweeten the tea before the milk goes in: sugar and honey dissolve far better in the hot tea.

Nutrition & caffeine

Per serving · 8 oz · with whole milk

Calories

Sugars

6 g

Caffeine

~45 mg

Milk

Sweetener

Caffeine about 45 mg · usually 35–100 mg

Our estimate

About 12% of the 400 mg a day the U.S. FDA says healthy adults can generally have. Less if you are pregnant, sensitive to caffeine, or on medication — ask your doctor.

Total fat: 4 g
Saturated fat: 2.5 g
Total carbohydrate: 7 g
Dietary fibre: 0 g
Total sugars: 6 g
Protein: 4 g
Sodium: 60 mg
Calcium: 140 mg

Calories & nutrients: USDA reference values

Contains: milk.

Where these numbers come from

Rishi Masala Chai, black tea (one sachet)Our estimate
USDA FoodData Central 173227 — tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water (20 mg caffeine per 100 g)
Per sachet: USDA's per-100 g brewed black tea × 237 g, the 8 fl oz cup Rishi brews from one 3 g sachet — about 47 mg of caffeine and 2 kcal. The sachet is black tea with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, black pepper and clove, steeped 5 minutes, and Rishi publishes no milligram figure: it rates it "High" on its 0–100 mg-per-8 oz scale (https://www.rishi-tea.com/products/organic-masala-chai-teabag-sachets). So this is an estimate: the low end is our usual quarter-either-way brewing spread, the high end is the top of Rishi's scale.
Whole milkUSDA reference values
USDA FoodData Central 171265 — milk, whole, 3.25%

Calculated from this recipe's ingredients and amounts (One sachet steeped 5 minutes in 4 fl oz of water at 200°F, topped with 4 fl oz of steamed milk). Your drink will vary with the exact measures, brands and brew. Not a lab analysis, and not medical advice.

Why it works

Most café chai lattes are made from a sweetened concentrate. This one is just brewed black tea and spices with milk, so you decide how sweet it is. Steeping the sachet in half the usual water makes the tea strong enough to hold its spice against the milk. It has about 45 mg of caffeine by our estimate, from the black tea.