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Easy Crock Pot Chai Tea Latte Recipe Crock Pot Chai Tea Latte

This simple and delicious crock pot drink recipe is great for cold winter days or an easy drink during parties. If made with herbal tea or decaf tea, it is also wonderful for kids and the mix of spices is great for anyone who is sick or congested. Try this as a great break from coffee!

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Crock Pot Chai Tea Latte
 
Easy Crock Pot Chai Tea Latte Recipe Crock Pot Chai Tea Latte
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An easy Chai Tea that can be pre-made in the crock pot for a warm drink on the go.
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Recipe type: Drinks

Ingredients
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups coconut milk (store bought or well-filtered homemade)
  • 8 tea bags OR ½ cup loose leaf black tea or herbal tea. I use Raspberry Leaf.
  • 1-2 tsp stevia leaf
  • 8 thin slices of fresh ginger root OR ½ tsp dried ginger root (optional)
  • 6 cinnamon sticks
  • 8-10 whole cloves or ¼-1/2 tsp clove powder
  • 2 cardamon pods (optional but really good)
  • 1 teaspoon of real vanilla extract
  • Optional: 1 Tablespoon chamomile flowers and ½ tsp dried fennel seeds

Instructions
  1. Put water in crock pot and add herbs and spices (I really suggest using a cloth bag or reusable tea bag)
  2. Cook on high for 2-2.5 hours or on low for up to 6 (I’ve kept on low overnight). Add milk or coconut milk and stir until heated.
  3. Serve plain or topped with real whipped cream or the cream from a can of coconut milk. Can also be chilled and blended with ice and 2 TBSP coconut oil for an iced version!
  4. Enjoy!

Notes
TIP: Put all loose spices and herbs in a reusable tea bag or cloth bag to make straining easier. All herbs can be bought in bulk here (much cheaper!)

 

 

What is your hot drink of choice? Ever made it in a crock pot? Share!

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  • Michelle

    This looks absolutely delicious! What a great way to warm up in the cooler weather!

  • Allison

    Thanks!   I can’t wait to make this.   Your pumpkin latte sounded so good but I don’t like coffee.   Chai tea is one of my all time favorites but I have given it up due to the sugar/milk version that you get at Starbucks.   I’m definitely going to try this one! 

  • http://www.MyZooBurbia.com Chantel

    Could I use ground cinnamon in lieu of cinnamon sticks? And if so, how much would you suggest?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    you can, I’d just make sure its in a bag, because cinnamon powder tends to get slimy in a crock pot for some reason

  • Kate

    I put the ingredients in my crock pot on low last night and just woke up in anticipation.  I have a curdled slew.  :(   What went wrong?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    did you use coconut milk?

  • http://www.MyZooBurbia.com Chantel

    Mine was a little curdly too. I think maybe it’s the coconut separating? But i just strained it and stirred it. It still tasted good! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/mandikaake Amanda Kaake

    This was amazing!  Thanks so much!  I used Red Raspberry Leaf tea as well and used individual packets of truvia to sweeten each cup.  Thanks for the amazing recipe!

  • Kate

    Yes, I used Coconut milk.  :/  I think it was Trader Joes brand, unsweetened.  Perhaps the problem was that at the last moment I tossed in a spoonful of ‘mulling spices’ because I was a tad low on the cinnamon stick.  The mulling spices had a bit dried orange rind, perhaps the citrus curdled the coconut milk.  Also I have a new-ish crock pot which seems to cook much hotter than the old one I had for years.  My husband said it was ‘boiling’ when he got up (4:45 am) I assume it was ‘simmering’.  It was on low, and begun around 10 pm.  Does using  the new/hotter crock pots mean we always need to lessen the cooking time?  I definitely can’t leave a roast in for 8 to 12 hours any longer.  I cook two large boneless skinless Turkey breasts on low to falling apart tender in 5 hours on low in my small crock pot (5 quart, I think).    I’ll try it again during the day when I can keep an eye on it.  I was able to strain all the curdles out with a cheese cloth and I put the rest in a large jar, and it’s fine with fresh (coconut or almond) milk added and heated up.  ;)

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    All I can think is the heat. If you have a newer crock pot, maybe try for just a couple of hours and see if it works better!

  • basyfeltn

    Just a suggestion, but the first chai I ever had was so good that I copied out the ingredients from the packet, and one of them was Star anise.  that and the cardamom seemed to really “make” the flavor and I’d suggest adding that to your chai to keep it from being just plain ole spiced tea.  teehee.

  • Kate

    Thanks!  I’m bummed that I can’t wake up to hot chai.  :(   Now if I want it I’ll need to just make it normal, or be forced to wait 2 hours.  I sure which the FDA or whomever is responsible for the new higher heating crock pots would have just left well enough alone.  All my recipes have to be adjusted and the whole point of a crock pot is the ability to turn it on first thing in the am or last thing at night and forget it.  Can anyone recommend a new crock pot that heats like the older ones?

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  • Blake

    I cooked mine on low for six hours but didn’t strain it til it hit about the eighth hour and it turned out really bitter. Was it just too long?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    It could be that it was too long, or depending on the head differences with crock pots, the temperature could have been slightly too high…

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  • Dena Barnes

    Just a tad confused. Do you add the milk after it cooks for the hours, or do you add the milk to cook with everything else for hours? And I’m seeing different lengths of cinnamon sticks, which, I assume, would lend to different amounts of cinnamon in the finished product. What do you use? THanks!

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    Add milk after it cooks…

  • Leila

    Did you use 8 bags of raspberry leaf tea?