​$7 for an iced latte with cold foam is genuinely out of control. Since half the sub is already looking for a starbucks spring menu copycat reddit 2026 thread, I spent my Saturday figuring out how to make the four new drinks at home. ​Three turned out amazing. One was a complete disaster. Here's how to do it without buying those huge plastic syrup bottles. ​1. Iced Lavender Cream Chai You don't need to buy artificially colored syrups for this. Just simmer 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, and 2 tbsp dried culinary lavender for 10 mins, then strain it into a glass jar. ​The catch: Whenever I look up an iced lavender chai recipe reddit usually ignores the water temperature. If your chai tastes bitter or astringent, you burned the leaves. The chai base needs to steep at exactly 90°C, I use a temperature-control electric kettle to hit this perfectly every time. With a regular stovetop kettle, please use a thermometer.…