Plus, it only takes 5 minutes to prepare, and it’s as good as your local coffee shop, except it’s healthier, refined sugar-free, dairy-free to make it a vegan pumpkin spice latte!
What’s A Pumpkin Chai Latte?
Chai spices and pumpkin spices have many spices in common, like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. But, what pumpkin spice doesn’t contain, and that makes chai drinks so special, is the touch of cardamom, cloves, star anise, and ground pepper. When both spice mixes come together into a latte hot drink, you create the most fragrant, comforting fall drink that I love to call Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte. Of course, you can add caffeine to the drink by adding brewed coffee or tea bags, but it’s also a delicious caffeine-free fall drink on its own with real pumpkin flavors.
Ingredients and Substitutions
The ingredients you need to make this drink are very simple. Let’s see what you need:
Pumpkin Puree – You can use canned pumpkin purée – not pumpkin filling, which contains added sugar. You can also make homemade pumpkin puree for this recipe. Maple Syrup – You can also use different liquid sweeteners. Any of them work, but granulated brown sugar or coconut sugar tastes amazing as well. Pumpkin Pie Spices – I personally like to make my own with a combination of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Chai Spices – Same here. I made my own by adding cloves, star anise, cardamom pods, and ground pepper to the mix. Unsweetened Almond Milk Vanilla Extract Black Tea or Brewed Coffee if you want a tea-based drink or skip it for a caffeine-free latte.
If you love to order Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte or Chai Latte, but you cant’ decide which one to get, then try this Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte. It combines both flavors into a 5-minutes velvety drink!
Serving
To serve your drink, add 1/2 cup of almond milk in a milk frother until foamy. Serve the frothed milk on top of your pumpkin chai latte with 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon on top if you like for extra flavor. This spice latte is also delicious topped with whipped cream – we like to use canned coconut cream that has been whipped in a stand mixer with the whisk attachment.
Cold-Brew Version
You can also use this recipe to make a cold pumpkin chai latte. First, follow the recipe below and let the mixture cool down for 10 minutes before adding it to the blender. When the mixture is cold, add to a blender with one cup of ice cubes and blend at high speed until frothy. For a frothier spice latte, add more ice cubes to the blender, or add a scoop of dairy-free vanilla ice cream.
Allergy Swaps
This pumpkin spice latte is naturally:
Gluten-free vegan Dairy-free Paleo For a keto sugar-free pumpkin spice latte, swap maple syrup for erythritol or sugar-free monk fruit syrup.
Caffeine-Free Version
You can make the recipe with or without the tea bags. This is up to you. I do like tea chai latte and always add the two tea bags, but for an after-dinner drink, skip the tea and serve it as is.
More Hot Vegan Drink Recipes
If you enjoyed making this spice latte at home, then I have plenty of other Starbucks-style hot drink recipes for you to try below.
