Re: starbucks chai latte..
You know what I did the other day, cuz I was craving it? I heated a cup of milk on the stove and put the loose tea with spices in it. I used about a tablespoon of this premixed tea I have. It's by "Republic of Tea" and it's called "Republic Chai." It's a mix of cinnamon, assam and darjeeling black tea, orange peel, ginger, coriander, elaychee, star anise, cloves, and black pepper. I hadn't even brewed it separately, just let it all cook together and stirred to release the flavor. Once it was nice and hot, I added a teaspoon of sugar.
It was lovely :D.
It's the first time I've just cooked it all in milk. Usually I brew that tea like normal then add a lot of milk and the usual teaspoon of sugar.
Starbucks uses a lot of milk and sugar.