Today’s combined fresh brew
—- Starting water
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- Chai mix
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- Target after straining
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- Reserve fresh chai for iced
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- Fresh chai remaining for hot
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- Brew-yield estimate
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Chai Chai Love
Chai Brew Planner
Plan one fresh, unsweetened kettle; reserve the iced concentrate; then combine the remaining fresh chai with older concentrate, oat milk, and coconut sugar for hot service.
Today’s plan
What do you need?
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What to prepare now
Chai mix for one kettle
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fresh hot + fresh iced
Starting water
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before simmering and straining
Coconut sugar for hot
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add tomorrow, not to today’s kettle
Hot oat milk
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Hot chai batch
—- 16 oz cup equivalents
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- Older concentrate used
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- Fresh concentrate from today
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- Total concentrate for hot
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- Oat milk
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- Coconut sugar
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- Per 16 oz hot cup
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- Taste-test ladder
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Iced chai concentrate
—- Older concentrate used
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- Fresh concentrate to reserve
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- Mason jars for fresh concentrate
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- Per 16 oz cup
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- Full iced cups available
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- Milk for those full cups
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- Sweetener
- Agave added at service; not included in brew totals
Recipe defaults and equipment
The standard recipe is one unsweetened concentrate for both hot and iced chai. The 87.5% starter yield comes from a previous measured brew that began with 24 L and produced 21 L after straining. Update it after measuring today’s batch.
Fresh brew
Hot service
Weigh several normal heaping tablespoons and enter the average when you have it.