A Quick and Easy Autumn Pumpkin Chai Latte Recipe to Make in the Morning

What is the hype behind the pumpkin spice latte?

With everyone falling in love with the autumn vibes around, we crave food and beverages that are deliciously sweet with a touch of spice. The go-to drinks of the season often include spices such as ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.

It is nearly impossible to not indulge in pumpkin flavored drinks. The mixture of the fall spices with pumpkin, tastes like fall and often lifts our mood. The association of fall flavors can bring happy thoughts and moments you have experienced during the autumn season in the past. Pumpkin spice latte beverages have become increasingly more popular each fall because of the childhood nostalgia we connect it to, such as eating pumpkin pie with your family.

Tea India's favorite fall drink is a homemade pumpkin spice chai latte.  

What kind of tea can be used to make a chai latte?

There are many ways to make the perfect chai latte. Tea India offers various black tea products that can be brewed for the perfect cup of chai to satisfy your cravings. One of our favorites is one you can make within minutes when you are in a rush in the morning.

Tea India offers Chai Moments, an instant chai latte mix that delivers the authentic taste you love by just adding hot water. Made with real milk, tea, and spices and free of artificial flavors or preservative. There is no wrong instant tea that can be used to make a tasty chai latte but for an a delicious pumpkin spice latte recipe, we recommend using our Tea India Masala Chai Moments Instant Latte.

Masala Chai Moments includes ground spices such as cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom, and sometimes black pepper which eliminates the need for adding pumpkin pie spice since it includes a similar mixture.

Does chai latte have caffeine?

While a chai tea latte does not include shots of espresso in it, it does still contain caffeine. Most chai lattes are made with black tea, which is an ingredient also included in our instant chai mixes.

The caffeine content in Masala Chai Moments is between 50-90 milligrams.

Pumpkin spice latte ingredients

• 1 packet Masala Chai Moments
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
• 1 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 cup of boiled water
• 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

*Optional: Top with whipped cream or frothed milk

Pumpkin spice chai latte recipe

1. In a saucepan, mix water, Masala Chai Moments, pumpkin puree, and honey.
2. Heat over medium heat and keep lightly stirring the mixture to avoid it won’t burn at the bottom of the pan.
3. Once the mixture is nearly at a boil, turn off the heat and let sit for a couple of minutes to cool.
4. Pour the pumpkin chai latte into a coffee mug or travel mug if you want it on the go.
5. Sip and enjoy!