White Chocolate Vanilla Chai

teas.co.uk · 8 min · Serves 1

You'll need

• 25g Drink Me Chai Vanilla Chai Latte powder (1 standard serving)
• 250ml whole milk
• 3 squares of white chocolate
• Quarter of a fresh vanilla pod, seeds scraped out with a small knife
• 1 large marshmallow
• 1 teaspoon of caramel sauce, for the drizzle
• 1 short cinnamon stick (about 3cm), for the saucer
• 1 single vanilla shortbread biscuit, for the saucer
• 1 warmed 400ml mug
• 1 small saucepan
• 1 small balloon whisk

Method

1. Warm a large mug with hot water, then pour it away.
2. Pour the milk into a small saucepan and drop in the white chocolate squares while the milk is still cold.
3. Set over medium low heat and whisk gently in slow circles for a couple of minutes as the white chocolate melts in; it scorches easily, so keep the heat gentle.
4. Warm until it just steams, around 70C, not boiling; it should be glossy and pale.
5. Off the heat, shower in the vanilla chai powder and whisk hard for thirty seconds until smooth, with a soft foam.
6. Pour through a fine sieve into the warmed mug.
7. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod and stir them gently into the foam, then drop in a marshmallow and pull a thin caramel zigzag across the top.
8. Tip: white chocolate scorches more easily than dark, so keep the heat low and keep whisking as it melts.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/hot chocolate/white chocolate vanilla chai/