To make the dirty chai syrup, place water, honey, tea bags in a small pot. Bring the liquid to a boil and let it simmer on medium-low heat for about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, squeeze out the liquid from the chai tea bags and remove. Add the vanilla extract, stir and set aside for now.

Optionally, you can take your cocktail glass and rim it with vanilla sugar. If you don't have vanilla sugar you can use brown sugar or regular sugar. Dip the rim in honey then dip the rim in your sugar (that is on a plate with the sugar spread out as a thin even layer). One the cocktail glass is rimmed, set it to the side for now.

In a cocktail shaker add 1-2 Tbs of your dirty chai syrup, ice, kahlúa, vodka, milk of your choice, and espresso. Place the lid on top of the shaker and shake vigorously for about 1-2 minutes.

Use a cocktail strainer (or a fine mesh strainer) over the glass and fill up your cocktail glass.

Add a stair anise to the middle of your drink to float on top.

Use a fine mesh strainer to sprinkle over either grated nutmeg or cinnamon. Enjoy! :)