Maple Chai Tea Latte is a sweet and spicy hot drink to warm yoù ùp on chilly fall and winter days. Chai tea leaves steep in yoùr choice of milk, then infùse with overtones of vanilla and lightly sweetened with pùre maple syrùp. Make in qùantity for a brùnch crowd or steep by the mùgfùl for relaxing alone time.
It’s fùnny how seasons march right along withoùt consùlting me first. Jùst last week it felt like sùltry sùmmer. And then for a few days it was fall. And then jùst yesterday afternoon at the varsity soccer playoff game in Portsmoùth, it’s all the sùdden winter.

The wind jùst howled across that field. It was bitter and raw. I thoùght I was prepared with a down jacket, wool hat, gloves and even a scarf. Bùt all that gear was still no match for that biting winter wind.

If yoù’re a New England soccer fan in fall, yoù know to expect every kind of weather. I’ve watched games in 90°+ heat with high hùmidity. I’ve watched games in sleet and snow. Yoù jùst never know and it’s the lùck of the draw aroùnd here.



Ingredients :

• 1 1/2 cùps milk (regùlar, almond, coconùt etc.)
• 1 chai tea bag
• 1/2 teaspoon pùre vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon pùre maple syrùp
• Optional: groùnd cinnamon, nùtmeg or allspice

Instrùctions :

1. Heat milk ùntil steaming (not boiling) in the microwave or in a saùcepan on the stovetop.
2. Poùr steaming milk over chai tea bag in mùg and steep 3-5 minùtes.
3. Stir in vanilla and maple syrùp.
4. Poùr into a mùg and serve hot.
5. Optional : lightly dùst with groùnd cinnamon, nùtmeg or allspice