Iced Chai Tea Latte (Starbucks Copycat Recipe) - Oh, How Civilized (2024)

Make your own Starbucks Iced Chai Tea Latte at home! It’s incredibly easy to make, using just 3 ingredients. If you’re looking for an exact copy of the refreshing drink, this is it.

What Is Chai?

Chai is a traditional drink from India. It’s made of black tea, milk, and spices like cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.

In India, it’s known as masala chai. Masala means “spiced” and chai means “tea” in Hindi.

People call the drink “chai tea” in the U.S., but this is incorrect because the term translates to “tea tea.”

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Recipe Highlights

• A Starbucks recreation of the refreshing Iced Chai Tea Latte drink that’s quick and easy to make with just 3 ingredients.
• The secret to making the drink taste exactly like the one at Starbucks is using Tazo chai concentrate.
• Once you make this at home, you’ll wonder why you spent nearly $4 for a grande cup when you can make it for a fraction of the price.
• Recipe makes a 16 ounce cup of iced chai latte, which is the exact size of a grande drink size.

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Ingredient Notes

• Tazo Classic Chai Latte: A black tea concentrate is made with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and vanilla. This chai tastes exactly like the one at Starbucks.
• Milk: Starbucks makes their iced chai latte with 2% milk but you can use any kind of milk you like, including oat and almond.
• Ice: I like to use smaller ice cubes so that it chills the drink quicker, but not so small that they’ll completely water down the drink.

For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Pour chai concentrate and milk into a cup.

Step 2: Add ice.

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Expert Tips

• The Tazo chai concentrate is sweetened so no need to add any extra sugar, but if you do want it sweeter, add simple syrup since it’ll mix in with the drink the best.
• Not all chai concentrates are the same since every company makes their own chai blend using a range of different spices so stick with the Tazo brand if you want it to taste like the one at Starbucks.
• You can add ice first, then the chai concentrate and the milk, but if you want it perfectly mixed without stirring, put the chai concentrate and milk in first, then the ice.
• Starbucks uses 4 ingredients to make their Iced Chai Tea Latte in store: chai concentrate, water, milk, and ice. The chai concentrate used at Starbucks locations is made with less water so it’s a lot more concentrated and stronger than the packaged Tazo chai concentrate sold in stores. They add extra water to dilute the chai concentrate when making the drink at the store.
• A delicious way to customize this drink is to add brown sugar syrup and swap 2% milk with oat milk. Top it off with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam.

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