Plant-Based Lavender Chai Latte
This delicious dairy-free lavender chai latte is flavored with fresh lavender & honey. Delicious hot or iced, it's the perfect drink for spring.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups water
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 Chai tea ¼ bags
- 2 cups almond or oat milk
- 1 teaspoon Chai Masala mix see notes
- 1 teaspoon lavender buds
- 1 teaspoon honey
Instructions
- Heat the water over medium heat and add sugar, tea bags, chai masala mix. Let it boil for 8 minutes.
- Once it comes to a rolling boil, add in the almond milk and lavender buds. Let it boil again for another 5-6 minutes. Taste the tea, and then add honey if desired.
- Strain the tea into a cup and serve, or pour over ice for an iced chai.
Notes
Chai Masala is a mix of spices to add to your tea for that traditional chai flavor you'll find at restaurants. To make it, you grind up the spices in a grinder and store them in an air-tight container. There are variations of it, but here is my quick and easy mix, adapted from Vegan Richa's book.
- 1/4 cup green cardamom pods
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon or 3 cinnamon sticks
- 2 tablespoons ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger