Description
Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Tea is a cozy fall drink with chilled spiced chai topped by silky pumpkin cream. The sweet-spiced foam cascades into the tea, creating layered flavor and cafe-level indulgence at home.
Ingredients
3/4 cup chai tea concentrate (or strong-brewed chai, cooled)
1/2 cup milk (whole, 2%, or oat)
1 heaping cup ice
2 tablespoons pumpkin purée
1/3 cup heavy cream (or half-and-half)
2 tablespoons milk for foam (2% or oat)
1–2 tablespoons pure maple syrup (or brown sugar syrup), to taste
1/2–3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (or cinnamon + ginger + nutmeg)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of fine sea salt
Instructions
1. Brew the base: Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour in chai concentrate and milk; stir until chilled.
2. Make pumpkin cream: In a small bowl, whisk heavy cream, pumpkin purée, maple syrup, pumpkin spice, vanilla, and salt until lightly thickened.
3. Foam it: Use a handheld frother 10–20 seconds to aerate pumpkin cream until volume increases by ~1/3.
4. Assemble: Slowly pour pumpkin cream over iced chai to create marbled layers.
5. Finish: Dust with a pinch of pumpkin spice; adjust sweetness if needed.
Notes
Keep all ingredients and glass cold for distinct layers.
Use thick pumpkin purée and cream for stable foam.
Steep chai strong if brewing from leaves or bags.
Adjust sweetness in the foam, not base, for even flavor.
Pumpkin cream can be made 3 days ahead; shake and froth before use.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Beverage
- Method: No-bake/Assemble
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 drink
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 70
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 28
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 25