What do I grab now...(singing).
Hey guys I'm Megan Mitchell and I'm here in the Thrive
Market Test Kitchen. Today I'm going to show you how to make a chai tea latte.
Actually I'm gonna show you how to make a chai tea concentrate, that will make
into a latte featuring Prima! If you don't know what Prima is, it's a CBD
powder. So I'm using Brain Fuel; they also have a rest and a balance. But I'm making
this into a chai tea which has caffeine in it, so I want this to sort of perk me
up in the middle of day or at the beginning of the day. It also has great
things in it like ashwagandha, rhodiola, and lion's mane; so it's not just CBD,
it's got some other cool sneaky things in it, which I like and it's in a powder
form so it dissolves quite quickly. It's not an oil, which I don't always want to
carry around and in my knapsack. What if I really just always had a knapsack. I
have a purse, but I don't want to keep the oil my purse; so this is very
convenient, and like I said it dissolves very quickly. Let's get started on this
recipe. This makes ten servings. So you can keep in a jar or bottle in your
fridge and use it all week long, or all ten days long you, know what I mean?
Alright you need a pot, a medium sized pot; and to it - this is for the concentrate -
I'm adding some cloves. I'm also adding peppercorns for that nice spice, and star
anise - which are so pretty, ground allspice, and ground nutmeg. Also
adding cinnamon sticks; I have four, and I move this aside and I'm adding fresh
ginger. I know I'm using powdered of everything else, I love fresh ginger; it
has a great spice to it. But if you can't find it, you can use ground ginger as
well. I'm just cutting off the skin and
then I want to cut this into a couple pieces; so it looks like that maybe five
pieces. I love fresh ginger - spicy, warm, delicious. Okay so chai tea, I'm adding
toasted coconut because I want this to be a toasted coconut chai tea latte. I
want to be super extra; so coconut chips that I've toasted, and then five cups of
filtered water and like I said this makes ten servings and keeps in your
fridge like for at least two weeks. Alrighty so this portion needs to be
steeped, so let's go over the stove - show you how this all comes together.
Alright so pot on the stove stove turns on to about medium this will come to a
gentle simmer. Once it comes to a simmer, I'm going to add in my maple syrup. You
could use honey, but I'm keeping this vegan; and then add in your tea bags. I
don't want to add the teabags now. I don't want them to become bitter, I don't
want them to steep too long. So simmer and turn off the heat, maple syrup, tea bags,
steep for only three to four minutes and then remove the teabags. The longer they
sit the stronger this will be, and also the more chance it can become bitter,
that's my story now let's watch water boil. Okay this has come to a simmer, so
now I'm gonna add in half a cup of maple syrup. If you like it a little sweeter
you could add more, if you like it a little less sweet, don't add as much. I
think, you know, these spices can be a little bitter sometimes, so it
just needed some sweetener. So add that in and then I'm gonna turn off the heat,
and add in ten tea bags, and I'm using black tea. Set your timer for three to
four minutes, and then we'll remove them. Alrighty I'm back my chai concentrate
has cooled down, I've removed the teabags after three to four minutes - can't stress
that enough. Keep saying that over and over again. So this is cooled down, just
at room temp so everything steeps together. So I have this beautiful
decanter. You can put it in a jar in a container,
whatever you want to keep it in the fridge, but you need to strain it. It's
just insane, let's do it! I have a fine mesh strainer
lined with cheesecloth, or you could use a coffee filter if you don't have a
cheesecloth and we're gonna strip. We're gonna strain it. Is this gonna work, it's
very high up? Okay all right, come on, okay there we go...beautiful, professional.
I want to make sure it catches all of the spices, the ginger. Does it look like
really weak coffee? It's a really strong chai. Oh those came out dead last.
Alrighty so that's gonna strain; you got three hours to kill, just start straining.
Okay perfect, done. So strained now that it's cooled
down, I'm gonna add my vanilla extract, why am I waiting? So it doesn't dissipate
while it cooks. I want that strong flavor. I don't need that, why dirty another thing.
HAHA. Why is everything working against me today! You know with this tool,
it's both sides you use so you know what I mean? Flip it. Find yourself in a
little bit of a pickle? Flip it! Let's make our latte. If you want to keep it hot, pour
half a cup in a small pot and bring to a simmer and then make it. But I'm gonna
make mine iced, because that's what I'm feeling.
So I need half a cup - half a cup is one serving - it smells so good! I can smell
it - cinnamon cloves, the allspice, the ginger, and that color is beautiful.
Alrighty. I'm also gonna add one tablespoon of maple syrup. If you don't
want it you know too sweet, you don't have to add you - oh it went bloop. You don't
have to add this; and then I am using Prima's Brain Fuel because it has
vitality, focus, energy. It'll give me hopefully all
of those things. I'm gonna have it in the morning or the afternoon as a pick-me-up,
but if you want it at the end of the day, they have other options as well. I'm gonna
wake up. Alright - jar and you want to add this to
cold liquid, or warm to hot, you don't want it boiling.
Shake it, this should only take around 10 seconds to dissolve. It dissolves pretty
quickly, which is awesome. Yep, good good, good job - let's do this. Large glass,
fill with ice, add in your chai tea concentrate and your Prima and then I'm
gonna top mine off with some coconut milk. You could do almond milk, you could
do cashew milk, whatever you want! Oh my gosh this looks so thick and creamy. That
looks insane; there's toasted coconut in the chai tea concentrate, so I'm kind of
leaning into that coconut flavor, so that's why I'm adding coconut milk and
just stir it together. And make a mess. Oh my god it just
dripped on the side, but it looks so good! A great alternative to coffee. Mot a
coffee fan - makes you a little too jittery like it does old Megan Mitchell?
I have coffee, I'm like hey guys what's up we going later!!! Chai tea keeps me a
little calmer. Alrighty. I can taste the cinnamon, the ginger, it's lightly
sweetened, it's creamy from the coconut milk and the coconut chips. Gives it that
subtle like coconut flavor. This is pretty out of sight guys, I hope you make
this and Thrive Market carries all three kinds of Prima. You can check those out, and
you can find all the products that I use at thrivemarket.com/prepschool
Let me know what you think, let me know if you make this ,and thank you for
watching! See you later.
...and this smells so good, it smells like the holidays cinnamon. Cinnananamon.
Mmmmm (laughs)
Hellllooooo. That felt weird.
HELLLLLOOOO