for a chai tea latte if it’s hot then it’s chai then a bit of hot water and then the rest milk. if it’s an iced chai tea latte then it’s chai and milk only. if it’s a brewed chai tea then it’s teabags and hot water unless you order a brewed chai tea latte

I make it to recipe (chai pumps, hot water, then steamed milk) unless it says no water. It tastes better with no water but I dont want to make it different without the specification in case they go to a different bux and complain there that it tastes watery. If it's a regular and I like them, I'll ask if they wanna try with no water, but aside from that, I try to stick to the recipe whenever I can.

Also, I dont wanna be the "other starbucks"

You know the one. WeLl ThE oThEr StArBuCkS mAkEs It ThAt WaY!

I meant half milk haha

"Do you guys follow the recipe when you make drinks or do y'all just wing it?"

For hot Chai, you're supposed to pour milk to the line lower than the size your making in the milk pitcher. So for a venti hot Chai, you pour milk in the pitcher to the grande size.

When adding the hot water, I think it's supposed to go up to the breast line of the siren on the cup.

Hot chai- half Walt half steamed milk

Cold chai- all cold milk

With the water. When I get it for myself I actually like it with extra water. Anyway the standard is with water, so we should be doing it with water.

edited to add: for hot ones, the iced ones are just chai + milk + ice

For a hot chai hot water goes to the eye of the siren and then milk for the rest and an iced chai is all milk

I mean technically a hot chai should be half water half milk but tbh I often forget to only steam half the amount of milk and end up steaming a full pitcher. In that case, I just do all milk.

If it's for myself, I never do water. If it's for a customer, I follow the official recipe (half hot water for hot chai teas, just milk and ice for iced chai teas) unless otherwise specified.

hot chai tea latte... pump amount of syrup... hot water to the sirens eye (1/2 way mark) and rest with steamed 2%... if it's for me I always add a shot or 2 as the drink is WAY too sweet... I miss the lightly sweetend chai mix... I'd use it with no extra sweetener and it was PERFECT

everyone here seems to follow the rules but i will be honest. in a rush i don't do water, like i usually have to have someone on bar supervising me if im actually gonna put the water in it. im the barista you hate but also im not gonna do an extra step when i have 15 fraps to make

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Me and the other baristas never put water in it. Mostly due to laziness and the majority of customers don’t want water in it anyway.

I never put hot water, i know im supposed to put water but nobody got time for that