Chai Teapuccino!!

With fried and sugared lemon-thyme :)

Oooohhh yea. I put chai tea in my portafilter!!
I’ve been drinking so much espresso lately, that I was in desperate need for something lighter. I did some quick google searches to see if tea will work in an espresso machine. Most results said no, but I did it anyways. It turned out fantastic!

The idea was to make tea strong enough as if it was steeped in milk, instead of in water (with milk added afterwards). My process was the same with coffee. I emptied 3 chai teabags into the portafilter, tamped it, and secured it onto the machine. I was a bit dubious that it would work with just 3 teabags because the volume is fractional to that of coffee. But I did it anyways, and the tea that came out was nice and concentrated in flavor. Success!

Topped with steamed milk, and cinnamon. Yumyum. I tied a napkin around this glass so it wouldn’t be too hot to hold.

Of course, little Baci always wants to know what we are doing!