[Recipe] Irish Chai by Sameera Anand of tara (Jakarta)

Sameera Anand of tara in Jakarta created the Irish Chai by tapping into nostalgia, based on her family’s own chai recipe, with an added Irish twist.

tara was built on Asian cultures and flavors, and Indian chai was a huge inspiration for this drink on their signature menu. Irish Chai is a twist on an Irish Coffee that brings the comfort of a homemade cup of tea into an equally comforting warm cocktail that is nostalgic and yet novel. The chai mix in this drink is actually made from Sameera's family recipe (each family has their own way to make chai).

Ingredients:

50ml Irish whiskey

90ml Cinnamon tea*

10ml Chai brown sugar syrup*

20ml Vanilla cream*

Brown sugar (topping)

Grated nutmeg (topping)

*Make the Cinnamon Tea: 

350ml water

4g black tea

6g cinnamon sticks

Boil the water and add the black tea and cinnamon sticks. Add to cocktail while hot.

*Make the Chai Brown Sugar Syrup: 

200ml water

100g brown sugar

5g Chai mix (equal parts cinnamon, cardamom, fennel)

Simmer brown sugar and Chai mix in water until the sugar dissolves.

*Make the Vanilla Cream: 

200ml Whipped Cream

10ml Homemade Vanilla Essence

10ml Simple Syrup

15ml Milk

Mix and shake all the ingredients. Pour this over the final drink.

Method:

Build in an Irish Coffee glass. Add Chai syrup, whiskey, and hot cinnamon tea. Spoon in vanilla cream on top, sprinkle with brown sugar, and torch. Finish with grated nutmeg.