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A delicious Starbucks drink recipe at home, featuring a creamy, whipped topping and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte Copycat

Recreate your favorite Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte at home with this easy-to-follow recipe. This copycat version uses simple ingredients to deliver the same delicious flavors you love, saving you money and time.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 1 drink
Course: Beverage
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

For the Drink
  • 1 glass Ice
  • 3 oz Chai tea concentrate
  • 4 oz 2% milk
  • 3 oz Pumpkin cream cold foam (recipe below)
For the Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam
  • 3/4 cup 2% milk
  • 1/4 cup Heavy cream
  • 2 1/2 tablespoon Pumpkin spice sauce (store-bought or recipe below)
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla syrup (store-bought or recipe linked, can substitute with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract)
For the Pumpkin Spice Sauce
  • 1 14 oz can Fat-free sweetened condensed milk (use regular if you can't find fat-free)
  • 1 cup Pumpkin puree
  • 1 tablespoon Pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Equipment

  • Glass
  • Mason jar
  • Electric frother, hand mixer, or blender
  • Medium saucepan
  • Heat-proof jar or bowl

Method
 

  1. For the drink: Add chai tea concentrate to an ice-filled glass. Pour milk into the glass.
  2. Top the drink with pumpkin cream cold foam and sprinkle pumpkin pie spice over the top.
  3. For the Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam: Mix milk, cream, vanilla syrup, and pumpkin spice sauce in a mason jar and shake to combine. Alternatively, stir all ingredients together in a bowl. If you are not using right away, keep in an airtight container in the fridge.
  4. Turn mixture into cold foam right before using. Use an electric frother, hand mixer, or blender to froth, mix, or blend until the mixture turns into a foam. Alternatively, shake the mixture in a mason jar until it is frothy.
  5. For the Pumpkin Spice Sauce: Put condensed milk in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, along with pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
  6. Stir together and heat for about 5 minutes, until it is just starting to bubble.
  7. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla extract. Pour the pumpkin spice sauce into a heat-proof jar or bowl and place in the fridge to cool.

Notes

If you want to make your own vanilla syrup, you can use a separate recipe. If you do not have vanilla syrup, you can substitute with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. This recipe should make enough pumpkin spice sauce for 8 lattes and each batch of pumpkin cream cold foam should be enough for 3 drinks. Store the cold cream in the fridge and whip into cold foam when ready to make a drink. If you want a pumpkin spice sauce that is more like a syrup, use a different recipe.

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