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Instant Chai Latte Powder- A great DIY gift (dairy-free option)

December 11, 2015 by Megan Stevens 11 Comments

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DIY Healthy Chai Latte Powder - Lovely to hand on hand for afternoon tea times, or makes a great gift! -- The Nourishing Gourmet

This creamy, foamy, hot beverage epitomizes pleasure for many tea drinkers. Even those who enjoy coffee have a hard time resisting the sweet comforting spices, ones we smell first and then savor as we taste them. During the holidays the incense and flavors of chai are even more nostalgic and pleasing: the familiar flavor of cinnamon, the healthy bite of ginger, the peppery quality of allspice, and the earthy excitement of cloves, the subtle exotic presence of cardamom, and the pungent, almost bitter flavor of nutmeg.

We’ve all seen instant chai powder at the grocery market. But most instant drink powders contain refined sugar, hydrogenated oils and overall, less than healthful ingredients. These are unnecessary. Whole foods, full of nutrition + a spice or coffee grinder quickly makes this dreamy, creamy drink into a real food reality!

One main difference? There will be settling with this real tea version. If you wish to avoid this, simply steep the drink for 3-5 minutes, once blended; then pour through a strainer into your cup.

DIY Healthy Chai Latte Powder - Lovely to hand on hand for afternoon tea times, or makes a great gift! -- The Nourishing Gourmet

NOTES ON INGREDIENTS:

There are two approaches to this recipe: either buying a high-quality mix of bulk chai spices or measuring them out individually. Both create pretty much the same outcome, although whole spices ground fresh are more flavorful. The choice depends on your preferred sourcing.

For example, Mountain Rose Herbs has an excellent chai blend. If you like ordering from them, their mixture works perfectly for this recipe. You can also order through our affiliate Amazon this Frontier Organic and Fair Trade Chai blend . One recipe option uses this measurement.

However, if you have most of what you need already, and you only need a couple more spices to get started, I give the quantities below for measuring the spices separately.

This recipe can be made with whichever milk you like best. Instead of using powdered milk, as most factory-made chai latte blends do, this recipe uses milk instead of water to create your latte. Choose raw milk, goat milk, coconut milk, nut milk, whatever suits your diet. All will work well and taste great.

Regarding the tea, you can also choose which tea suits you best: black tea, decaffeinated tea, or red rooibos. All blend beautifully in the spice grinder, creating this instant tea delight!

NOTES ON EQUIPMENT NEEDED:

I tried out few spice grinders before landing on (affiliate) my favorite . If you have a coffee grinder at home, it is likely the only tool you’ll need. The recipe requires a fine powder. I purchased my grinder just for this recipe and am excited to have it from this point forward, finally a spice grinder in my very own kitchen! If you don’t have one yet, they are inexpensive and effective, so nice to have on hand.

INSTANT CHAI LATTE POWDER
Makes approximately 1-1/2 cups powder or 8-16 oz. servings of Chai Latte
Recipe can be doubled

  • 2/3 cup loose black tea or rooibos (this will measure out to slightly less than 1/2 cup tea powder, once blended in spice grinder)
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar (or substitute granulated sweetener of choice; or add honey to taste at the time of serving)
  • 1/2 cup collagen or gelatin (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons whole spice chai blend
    -OR-
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon each: allspice, cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg (these spices can be measured once powdered)
  1. Place 12 oz. hot milk of choice and 1 tablespoon Instant Chai into a blender.
  2. Blend 12 seconds on medium speed. Serve and enjoy.

Bulletproof Variation- Use hot water and 2 tablespoons butter or coconut oil, in place of hot milk.
Iced Latte Variation- In warmer months, use collagen instead of gelatin. Blend cold milk with spices. Pour, strained, over ice.

Instant Chai Latte Powder
 
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Ingredients
  • Makes approximately 1-1/2 cups powder or 8-16 oz. servings of Chai Latte
  • Recipe can be doubled
  • ⅔ cup loose black tea or rooibos (this will measure out to slightly less than ½ cup tea powder, once blended in spice grinder)
  • ½ cup coconut sugar (or substitute granulated sweetener of choice; or add honey to taste at the time of serving)
  • ½ cup collagen or gelatin (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons whole spice chai blend
  • -OR-
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon each: allspice, cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg (these spices can be measured once powdered)
Instructions
  1. Place 12 oz. hot milk of choice and 1 tablespoon Instant Chai into a blender.
  2. Blend 12 seconds on medium speed.
  3. Serve and enjoy.
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Megan Stevens

Megan lives in Oregon with her husband and three children. She owns a gut-healing Traditional cafe, Vanilla Jill’s Scoops and Soups, where she serves up gluten-free real sourdough waffles, Paleo/GAPS sandwiches, bone broth soup as well as grass-fed cream, kefir, coconut milk and sprouted nut milk ice creams and grain-free baked goods. She loves helping others on their healing journeys as well as innovating grain-free, sugar-free recipes. Megan also works as a Recipe Consultant, with clients referred to her by doctors and gastroenterologists, helping them to implement and succeed on healing diets. Megan's first cookbook, EAT BEAUTIFUL: Grain-free, Sugar-Free & Loving It is a #1 New Release on Amazon. Join Megan at her blog Eat Beautiful and on her Facebook page, where she cultivates a community of healing by providing recipes, nutritional insights, and the latest in remedial articles.

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Comments

  1. Corinne

    December 14, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    Thank you for this recipe. I look forward to putting it together. What is the purpose of adding the collagen?

    Reply
    • Megan Stevens

      December 15, 2015 at 5:36 pm

      Hi Corinne. Thank you for the great question. The purpose of the collagen is for overall wellness, as a super food for the gut, joints, muscles, detoxification and more. Collagen and gelatin have the same health benefits. Here is a post I wrote about gelatin, which may be helpful: http://eatbeautiful.net/2015/09/20/why-gelatin-is-good-for-you/ Cheers. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Amy

    January 12, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    I see the recipe says 2 tablespoons of chai spice mix or measuring out the individual spices. But th measurements for the individual spices only total 2 teaspoons. Should the individual spice measurements be changed to Tablespoon fractions (rather than teaspoons)? Or should the spice mixture be teaspoons instead? Or am I missing some point here?

    Thanks, Amy

    Reply
    • Megan Stevens

      January 13, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      Hi Amy, thanks for the question. The 2 tablespoons refers to a whole spice blend, very large chunks of the spices. If those spices are ground up, they indeed reduce down in quantity greatly, to only 2 teaspoons. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  3. mandy

    May 31, 2016 at 8:57 am

    If using whole spice blend can you triple the recipe or more and store already grinded with the sugar and othe tea so its all ready to put straight in the blender? How long would this keep for? Thanks 🙂

    Reply
    • Megan Stevens

      May 31, 2016 at 4:23 pm

      Yes, you can triple the recipe, so it’s ready. 🙂 Spices are best when they’re fresh; about a six month shelf life is ideal.

      Reply
  4. Denni

    July 21, 2016 at 4:16 am

    Great recipe!

    Do you have to blend it? I was thinking of taking a jar of it to work 😉

    Reply
    • Megan Stevens

      July 21, 2016 at 5:50 am

      Sounds fun. 🙂 Yes, you can do that. Just know that the spices will sink in your cup unless you strain the tea after they steep.

      Reply
  5. Stephanie Thomas

    September 24, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    What made the tea in the picture look foamy and frothy?

    Reply

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