The creator, a barista, introduces a 'DIY or Buy' segment for a coffee drink she invented called the 'Fiona Apple.' She first shows how to make a complex apple syrup and a large batch of house-made chai concentrate, detailing the numerous ingredients and steps. She then assembles the final drink while a counter tracks the cost of the homemade version, before concluding that while it's possible to make at home, it's easier to support a local coffee shop and buy it, promoting a drink finder map.
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DIY or Buy: Fiona Apple
Half Gallon Batch of Chai Recipe
2400ml water
50g fresh ginger
4g dry ginger
16g cinnamon sticks
2.5g star anise
2.5g whole cloves
17.5g cardamom seeds
8g black peppercorns
2g fresh nutmeg
5g rose bud
50g earl grey tea
170g white sugar
20g date syrup
If you’re using whole spices, blend them to a powder using a blender or mortar and pestle. Add spices to pot of water and simmer for 15min. Add Earl Grey tea, rose. Steep for 10min. Strain using a fine mess strainer then stir in your sugar and date syrup. Store in the fridge.
Apple Syrup Recipe
2 parts apple cider or apple juice
1 part brown sugar
Spices (optional)
Add all ingredients to a pot and bring to a boil until liquid has reduced by about half. This takes a while, but will give you a strong apple flavor in a syrup that’s about the consistency of 1 to 1 simple syrup.
Transcript
DIY or buy? Do you wanna ask me? Yeah. See if this thing's worth $8.50. Or if you should just make it at home. I don't mean to brag or anything, but I came up with this drink three years ago, and it's been on the menu ever since. It was a best seller. It kinda reminds me of myself in a while. Nobody's favorite, but it just keeps showing up for some reason. Anyways, we're gonna let this simmer for about thirty minutes no, guys. In the meantime, I'm gonna show you how to make a week's worth of house made chai. All you need is 12 simple ingredients. Cinnamon, black peppercorn, cardamom seeds, 12, star anise, and no meg. Stay with me here. Prices, water, fresh and ground ginger. Simmer for fifteen minutes. Alright. No, you're gonna add Earl Grey to Rosebuds. Sugar, and the secret ingredient. Date syrup. Steep for ten minutes. And there you have it. Through the magic of television, a fresh bottle of chai has emerged that will last you the whole week. Now let's go over the link and see how much it'll cost you to make at home. Clover concentrate, made in worse, a 100 grams of the chai that we just made, 100 grams that. Apple syrup, 30 grams. Black walnut better, about two or three good shakes of that in there. Stir the shit out of this. Whole milk, almost to the top. Heavy cream, all the way to the top. Little rank, put your salt in a pepper shaker. Oh, that was smoked salt, by the way. My verdict's in, and you could spend all your time and money on the ingredients it takes to make this rank. But just in case you wanna support an independent shop on the rank finder map, links in our bio.
