
🎃 Pumpkin Patch Chai — ThrottleHaus Coffee & Teas™
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Yield: 1 mug (12 oz) | Time: 10–12 min
Flavor: Cozy chai with real pumpkin and maple
Ingredients (Single-Serve)
1 black-tea or rooibos chai bag (or 1 Tbsp loose chai)
10 oz water
2 oz milk or oat milk
1 tsp pumpkin purée (smooth; not pie filling)
1–2 tsp maple syrup or brown sugar
1–2 pinches pumpkin pie spice (or 1:1:1:½ cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg)
Equipment: Small saucepan or kettle, mug, whisk (or frother), fine strainer (optional)
Steps
Brew. Heat water to a rolling boil. Steep chai 5 minutes.
Pumpkin mix. In the mug, whisk pumpkin purée, sweetener, and spice until smooth.
Combine. Pour hot tea into the mug and whisk until fully dissolved.
Milk. Warm milk until steaming (not boiling) and froth.
Finish. Top the tea with frothed milk. Dust with spice.
Optional strain. For ultra-smooth texture, strain through a fine sieve before topping with milk.
Batch (≈ 6 mugs)
6 chai bags
7½ cups water
1¼ cups milk
6 Tbsp pumpkin purée
6–8 Tbsp maple syrup
2 tsp pumpkin spice
Method: Brew 7½ cups chai (5 min). Whisk in pumpkin, syrup, spice. Keep warm at low simmer. Steam/froth milk separately and top each mug.
Iced Version
Brew tea double-strength, cool completely.
Shake with pumpkin mix and ice.
Top with cold-foam milk.
Adults-Only Variations 🍷🌿
(Add to individual mugs so guests can pick their potion)
Alcoholic Twists
Pumpkin Bourbon Chai – 1½ oz bourbon + dash of vanilla extract
Maple Rum Chai – 1½ oz dark rum + drizzle of maple syrup
Pumpkin Spice White Russian – 1 oz vodka + 1 oz coffee liqueur, topped with the chai
THC Infusions (where legal)
Tincture Drop – 5–10 mg THC tincture stirred into the hot chai
Infused Maple Syrup – Swap standard syrup for THC-infused maple
Pumpkin Patch Elixir – Brew chai with THC-infused milk or creamer
Notes
For café-smooth texture, blend the hot tea + pumpkin mix with an immersion blender 10–15 sec.
Swap maple for vanilla syrup if you want a sweeter profile.
Disclaimer ⚖️
Please drink responsibly. Consume THC only where legally permitted. ThrottleHaus Coffee & Teas™ is not responsible for your adult behavior.