Healthy Chai Latte (Dairy-Free)

All the comforting taste of a homemade chai latte, with health-boosting Chaga mushroom extract, in an easy chai latte recipe that takes just 5 minutes.

Sweet, spicy, nourishing comfort. What’s not to love in a Chai Latte?

We decided to take that love even further and bring you a healthy homemade Chai Latte recipe that is easy, gut-friendly, dairy-free and boosted with Chaga Mushroom.

You end up with a Chai Latte that nourishes your gut while also nourishing your pleasure senses.

Let’s dive into the details.

In This Article

• Healthy Chai Latte (Dairy-Free)
• Health Benefits of Chaga Mushroom
• Other Ingredients & Recipe Notes
• Enjoy This Healthy Chai Latte Recipe in Good Health
• Easily give your other recipes a power boost

Health Benefits of Chaga Mushroom

This simple Chai Latte recipe is not only pleasurable to drink, but while you’re sipping away, it’s also providing you with the nutritional serving of key nutrients your gut needs to optimize its health.

In fact, the unique components of Chaga actually help to improve the number of your beneficial gut bugs while limiting the number of pathogenic ones.

Besides acting as a prebiotic food source for your gut microbiome, the immense load of antioxidants in Chaga can further benefit your gut health. This is due to the fact that antioxidants can help to reduce inflammation, and inflammation in the gut is the root of various digestive complaints.

Anti-inflammatory - check.
Gut health - check.
Pleasurable to drink - check.
Easy to make - check.

Did we miss anything? Oh yes. This particular recipe does not contain weird preservatives, additives, or heavy doses of refined sugar that are often found in coffee house or coffee shop Chai Lattes.

And that’s a healthy trend we like. So, in that same boat, our Real Mushrooms Chaga (as with all our products) is made with absolutely no preservatives, additives, starches, or fillers that are often found in powdered mushroom extracts.

All that to say, this healthy Chai Latte ticks all the boxes, making it a nourishing, comforting drink to weave into your everyday routine.

Other Ingredients & Recipe Notes

• We used almond milk, but you can use whatever non-dairy milk you like, such as oat milk or coconut milk! If you’re not dairy-free, you can use regular steamed milk.
• We used black tea, but for a caffeine free version, feel free to use decaf or just skip the tea bag altogether. You will still have a delicious, nourishing drink. We don’t recommend using Chai Tea Bags unless you like very spicy drinks.
• The cinnamon, ginger, and clove are all the spices that provide the authentic Chai flavor while also delivering health benefits.
• You can use a milk frother to make the latte extra frothy if desired.
• For the sweetener, we recommend using your favorite. If you like sugar-free, you can use stevia drops, monk fruit, or birch xylitol. Coconut sugar and maple syrup are other great options if you’re not going for sugar-free. A major bonus of making this easy chai latte recipe at home is controlling your sweetener. Options like maple syrup or low-sugar alternatives let you adjust to taste.

Tools needed

• two cups to serve
• saucepan
• spoon, measuring cups
• ice cubes, if serving iced 

Servings: 2
Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients for the Chaga Chai Latte

• 2 1/2 cups non-dairy milk (we used almond milk)
• 2 black tea bags*
• 1 tsp Real Mushrooms Chaga
• 2 heaping tsp ground cinnamon (a little less than 1 TB)
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• pinch or 1/8 tsp of ground cloves
• pinch of real salt
• 2-3 TB favorite sweetener (we’d start off with 2 and add more to taste)
• ice (if serving iced)
• optional: coconut whipped cream to serve

Directions

1. Heat up your almond milk in a saucepan over medium-high heat until it begins to slightly simmer.
2. Turn off the heat and place two black tea bags into the heated almond milk. After 3-5 minutes, remove the teabags.*
3. Add the Chaga, cinnamon, ground ginger, cloves, and your favorite sweetener. Stir until combined over medium-high heat.
4. Taste and adjust for the sweetness level.
5. Enjoy hot or iced!**
6. Top with coconut whipped cream if desired.

*If you’re trying to avoid caffeine, you can use decaf black tea or just leave the tea out altogether and skip step 2.
** For the iced version, let the brewed chai completely cool and pour over a glass of ice.

Enjoy This Healthy Chai Latte Recipe in Good Health

Never underestimate the power of the simple pleasure found in sipping a nourishing beverage, especially when the beverage is loaded with health-boosting ingredients.

But, the only caveat is, you have to actually slow down enough to appreciate the nourishment.

Yes, this is an incredibly easy recipe that comes together in 5 minutes, but that just leaves more time for you to hit the pause button and enjoy drinking it.

Smell the sweet and spicy aroma, breathe, and take some time out of the hustle and bustle of your schedule - just for yourself, to be with your thoughts, your breath, and your beverage.

P.S. It’s especially enjoyable sipping out in nature.

Easily give your other recipes a power boost

If you don’t want to use Chaga, you can easily try out one of our other functional mushroom extracts. There are wonderful options, each with its own unique profiles and benefits. To learn more, you can read our article which highlights the top 7 benefits of the main functional mushrooms. These different mushroom extracts can easily be added to whatever you’re cooking up in the kitchen.

Join the mushroom recipe challenge! Get creative in the kitchen with different ways to get more mushrooms in your diet. Invent your recipe and share it via Instagram on @realmushrooms. We will feature the winner’s recipe on the blog & give you a coupon for any Real Mushroom product of your choice!

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