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Starbucks Iced Chai Latte

By Jee Choe

on Sep 13, 2025

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Make your own Starbucks Iced Chai 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.

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Table of Contents

• Starbucks Iced Chai Latte
• Note from Jee
• What is Chai?
• Ingredient Notes
• Step-by-Step Instructions
• Starbucks Note
• Related
• Starbucks Iced Chai Latte Recipe

Starbucks Iced Chai Latte

This recipe is a Starbucks recreation of their Iced Chai Latte. It’s quick and easy to make with just 3 ingredients.

The secret to making the drink taste exactly like the one at Starbucks is Tazo chai concentrate. Once you make this at home, you’ll never want to buy it from Starbucks again when when you can make it for a fraction of the price.

Note from Jee

Not all chai concentrates are the same since every company makes their own chai blend using different spices. Get the Tazo brand if you want it to taste like the one at Starbucks.

I’ve tried a lot of chai concentrates and I like the Tazo one the best since it has the best balance of spices. I’ve noticed a lot of other brands are too heavy with the ginger or cloves.

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 that translates to “tea tea.”

Because of the warming spices in the drink, you’ll get notes of cinnamon and cloves. The milk and sugar rounds out the flavor so it’s not too spicy.

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Ingredient Notes

• Tazo Classic Chai Latte: This is the secret to making the drink taste exactly like the one at Starbucks. The chai concentrate is made with black tea, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and vanilla. The concentrate is sweetened so there’s no need to add extra sugar.
• Milk: Starbucks makes this drink 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 it’ll completely water down the drink.

My Chai Concentrate Pick

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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.

Starbucks Note

The chai concentrate at Starbucks 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.

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Starbucks Iced Chai Latte

By: Jee Choe A quick and easy recreation of the refreshing iced chai latte at Starbucks. Prep Time: 1 minute minuteTotal Time: 1 minute minuteYield: 1 serving

Ingredients 1x2x3x

• ▢ ½ cup Tazo Classic Chai Latte Concentrate
• ▢ ½ cup 2% milk, (or any kind you like)
• ▢ 1 cup ice

Instructions

• Pour chai concentrate and milk into a cup.Recipe makes 16 ounces which is 2 cups, (a Starbucks grande) so use a big enough glass for the drink.
• Add ice.

Notes

• Not all chai concentrates are the same since every company makes their own chai blend using different spices. Get 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.

Nutrition

Calories: 139Carbohydrates: 6gProtein: 4gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 71mgPotassium: 209mgSugar: 24gVitamin A: 120IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 149mgIron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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