This Dirty Chai Latte has all the warming spices of chai tea combined with the robust flavor of coffee. Made with chai simple syrup for even more chai flavor.
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My M.O. recently has been to have a cup of coffee, then a little while later a cup of chai tea.
That way I get a little less caffeine. Then I realized I could combine the two drinks into a Dirty Chai Latte.
The combination makes for a delicious drink. You can use your favorite coffee or espresso shot, with chai tea or black tea and chai spices.
Other coffee drinks to try are my Rose Latte and my Lavender Latte. Another vegan chai latte recipe is my Iced Dirty Chai Latte with Lavender.
A hot drink to have any time of the day is my Spiced Hot Cocoa recipe.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- It's the perfect cozy drink for winter.
- It doesn't have as much caffeine as a cup of coffee.
- It is simple and easy to make your own dirty chai latte and cheaper than from your local coffee shop.
What Is A Dirty Chai Latte?
A Dirty Chai Latte is a combination of chai tea and a latte. It has a shot of espresso and milk.
For this DIY Dirty Chai Latte recipe, I used cold brew coffee, chai tea, chai simple syrup, and soy milk.
How To Froth Soy Milk Without A Milk Frother
You can blend soy milk in a high speed blender or shake it in a mason jar. I prefer the mason jar because it's easy and there's less to wash.
Just pour your warm or hot soy milk into the jar. I use a plastic lid that just happens to fit mason jars, but you can use the lid that comes with the jar - you just may need to hold a towel over it if it isn't secure enough.
Then, shake vigorously. Pour soy milk over the drink, then spoon the foam on top.
🧾 Ingredients
- Chai tea: I used a chai tea bag. You could also use black tea and homemade chai spice mix, which has a blend of spices. You could also use store-bought chai tea concentrate which many grocery stores carry, or homemade chai concentrate. Another tea latte recipe is my London Fog Tea Latte.
- Water
- Coffee: I used cold brew coffee because it is less acidic than regular brewed black coffee. You could use a shot of espresso or regular coffee.
- Soy milk: I used soy milk because it froths nicely and that's what I usually have on hand. You could use oat milk, almond milk, cashew milk, or your favorite dairy-free milk.
- Chai simple syrup or maple syrup: I made this recipe with both. My Chai Simple Syrup with brown sugar adds extra chai flavor and sweetness.
To see the full list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, see the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
📖 Variations / Additions
- Sweetened condensed coconut milk, which I used in my Thai Coffee recipe
- Vegan creamer
- Lavender simple syrup
- Vanilla simple syrup
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🔪 Instructions
Step 1: In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Turn off the heat and add a chai tea bag or black tea bag to the hot water. Steep 4-6 minutes. Discard the tea bag and pour the tea into a mug.
Step 2: Pour hot coffee into the mug with tea. If using chai spice mix, add it to the mug.
Step 3: Pour chai simple syrup or maple syrup into the mug and stir.
Step 4: Froth soy milk. If you don't have a handheld milk frother or immersion blender you can shake it in a mason jar with a secure lid with a towel over it.
Step 5: Pour frothed soy milk over the coffee-tea mixture. Spoon foam on top.
💭 Tips
- Do NOT use a Nutribullet to blend hot milk. It doesn't do well with hot liquids. If you want to use it, blend cold soy milk.
- I used soy milk because it froths nicely. You can use any plant-based milk you like.
- You can use espresso instead of coffee. I used cold brew coffee because that's what I normally drink. It's less acidic than regular coffee.
- Instead of chai simple syrup use maple syrup or your favorite sweetener. The chai simple syrup adds sweetness and a strong chai flavor.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe FAQs
A Dirty Chai Latte is a combination of chai tea and a latte. It has a shot of espresso and milk. For this dirty chai recipe, I used cold brew coffee, chai tea, chai simple syrup, and soy milk.
Iced chai does not have espresso, and dirty chai does. For this hot dirty chai latte, I use cold brew coffee instead of shots of espresso.
Other Vegan Drinks
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📋 Recipe
Dirty Chai Latte
Ingredients
- 1 chai tea bag or 1 black tea bag and 1 teaspoon chai spice mix
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup strongly brewed coffee - I used cold brew coffee
- 1 tablespoon chai simple syrup or maple syrup
- ½ cup soy milk
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil. Turn off heat.
- Steep tea bag 4-6 minutes. Discard tea bag and pour tea into a mug.
- Pour hot coffee into mug with tea.
- Pour chai simple syrup into mug. Mix well.
- Froth soy milk. If you don't have a milk frother you can mix the soy milk in a blender* or shake it in mason jar with a secure lid and towel over the top.
- Pour soy milk over coffee. Spoon foam on top.
Notes
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Nutrition
*Note: Nutrition information should be considered an estimate only. Different nutrition calculators give you different results.
**Important! If you are gluten free you may want to avoid coffee altogether. I personally have never had a problem drinking it, and I have a gluten intolerance. It is probably because I drink whole bean organic coffee, and grind it myself. I learned that it can be problematic for people who don't tolerate gluten. So I did some research and one article mentioned to try organic whole bean coffee because it isn't highly processed causing cross-reactivity issues. So please do the research yourself, and test it out. I try to only post recipes that are 100% gluten free since I have a gluten intolerance. I am really careful about avoiding gluten in my daily life.
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