One of my favorite drinks at Starbucks is the Grande size, Vanilla Soy Chai. But, wow, has it ever gotten expensive! I want to say when I started drinking this drink about 10 years ago it was $3.75, which was expensive but now it is $4.75! Probably a lot like you, I don't always think about the cost when I go in. I have a Starbucks card, I faithfully reload my card about twice a month and I spend what's on there and reload again. Now that we are trying to live on quite a bit less but not give up the "good life", I was determined to make the drink at home and make it taste like my favorite coffeehouse drink. To my surprise, it was very simple and economical! HERE'S the Video where I show you how simple it is to make! I'll give you a little breakdown of the expense. Soymilk is $2.98 for a half gallon and I use 1/8 of the gallon for the drink, so .37 in milk Vanilla syrup is 12.2 oz for $3.98 and I use a little under 1 oz. for a drink, .33 in ...