This one’s for all of you tea lovers and/or coffee-haters out there. I’m here to pull you through PSL season the best way possible: with a brand spanking new recipe for pumpkin spice latTEA. Yep, tea. Tea-based PSL is definitely possible, it’s delicious, and this recipe right here is even vegan, if that’s your thing. Here’s to not missing out on the biggest, most ridiculous, but fun autumnal trend this year ;)
Ingredients
100 ml water
100 ml soy or oat milk
2 tsp pumpkin puree
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp or bag black tea
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
vegan whipped cream
Makes 1 portion
Instructions
Boil 100 ml of water, transfer to a mug and add either a bag of black tea, or a strainer with a tsp of loose leaf black tea. I use Ceylon, but please use your favourite black tea or whatever kind you have available.
While the tea is steeping, heat up 100 ml of a neutral flavour plant milk (preferably soy or oat) in a saucepan or milk frother.
When the tea has steeped for 2-3 minutes, remove the tea bag or strainer. Add the pumpkin puree, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice. You could either use a storebought mix (Dutchies, it’s koek- en speculaaskruiden for us!), or mix your own by combining 1/3 cup cinnamon, 1 tbsp ginger, 1 tbsp nutmeg, 1 1/2 tsp allspice and 1 1/3 tsp cloves, all ground. Use 1/2 tsp for your lattea, and store the rest for some delicious pie later. If you don’t have access to canned or jarred pumpkin puree, use the pureed flesh of a roasted pumpkin.
Pour the milk into the tea, and stir or whisk well. Top with some vegan whipped cream and a little sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon.
And there’s your pumpkin spice lattea all done! It’s the perfect hot autumnal beverage, if you ask me. Rich, creamy, spicy, sweet… We’ve fallen in love over here, and hope you will too. Enjoy!
Oh, and here’s just a little reminder that Tea Time mugs are still available from my merch store.
Oh lol it is there I’m blind as a bat!! Thank you Lucy!! 😊
Hey Loepsie, thanks for the recipe! Where do you get your pumpkin puree, or did you make your own? I can never find any pumpkin puree in Dutch shops. Also: which vegan whipped cream do you recommend? I am eager to try this!
I found pumpkin puree in the organic section at Jumbo, it’s in a glass jar by Smaakt and it’s called “pompoenpassata”. The vegan whipped cream I used is from the Albert Heijn own brand and it’s really good!
Hey! That’s the recipe I needed in my life!
Can’t wrap my head around the puree part though. Is it an actual fresh, mashed pumpkin or is there more to it than that?
I got a jar of “pumpkin passata” and it appears to be just mashed pumpkin :) If you can’t find any in stores you can roast a pumpkin, mash some of the flesh and use that
This sounds delicious! I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find pumpkin pie spice, though. What could I use as a substitute if I can’t find any?
Oh, and would almond milk work just as well as oat or soy milk?
There’s a quick recipe for pumpkin pie spice mix in the instructions :) 1/3 cup cinnamon, 1 tbsp ginger, 1 tbsp nutmeg, 1 1/2 tsp allspice and 1 1/3 tsp cloves, all ground.
In my experience almond milk doesn’t froth up as nicely as soy or oat and it has a little bit more of a pronounced flavour, but you could definitely try it.