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This homemade Vanilla Chai Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew is the sweetest way to slowly welcome fall. Homemade vanilla chai and brown sugar syrup shaken with triple shots of espresso and a few dashes of pumpkin pie spice. Pour this chai sweetened coffee over ice and add sweet pumpkin cream. This iced coffee is creamy, warming, and just perfectly sweet. The best way to welcome the change of seasons.
I know, I know, I KNOW. Pumpkin in the middle of September? Trust me, this was not my intention and it’s totally a last minute recipe. I wasn’t going to make this…
But then, something happened Sunday and I asked myself why I wasn’t developing this recipe when so many people have requested it?
I just have this thing about no pumpkin before October and I don’t love to break my holiday “rules”. But I’m making an exception…just for today!
The weather is still really hot most places, so this is the perfect iced drink to enjoy when you don’t want something hot, but still want to embrace the autumn season.
First off, I don’t know how Starbucks makes their pumpkin cream cold brew. Instead of doing a direct copy, I just created my own version of the icy latte.
It’s easy, it’s warming…but it’s also icy cold. And so perfectly sweet, creamy, and delicious.
I made the same brown sugar syrup that I used in my brown sugar lattee. But I added chai tea bags to infuse the coffee with even more warming fall flavor.
You’ll need brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, vanilla, and chai tea bags. If you don’t have cinnamon sticks, ground cinnamon works too!
Simmer the syrup on the stove to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and add a few chai bags. Steep the tea in the syrup to infuse. This will give you the warming flavors of chai, which is insanely delicious along with the pumpkin and pumpkin spice.
This is the key to the iced coffee. It’s what everyone gets excited about, and with good reason, it’s spoon worthy delicious.
You need cream, milk, pumpkin, and then some of the sweet brown sugar syrup. Add everything to a glass jar with a lid and shake, shake, shake, until the cream thickens and is foamy on top.
You don’t want whipped cream, this is why we didn’t just whip with a mixer. If you have a frother, that would work well!
Add a few shots of chilled espresso to a glass with ice, then add a little of the brown sugar syrup, and a few pinches of pumpkin pie spice. Next, pour over the pumpkin cream, then one more light drizzle of syrup, and a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice.
Admire the beauty for just a second and then really give the coffee a good stir to incorporate the sweet pumpkin cream.
It’s similar to Starbucks, but made with more flavor, and it’s SO GOOD.
Just like my brown sugar latte, I love that we can control just how sweet we want this drink to be. It’s so customizable!
Tip – I’d make the chai brown sugar syrup this week to have on hand. Then when the feeling for something sweet and pumpkiny kicks in. Mix this up and enjoy a little bit of the early autumn season.
Looking for other coffee and latte recipes, try these:
Iced Brown Sugar Latte with Shaken Espresso
Vanilla Chai Pumpkin Latte Cupcakes with Cinnamon Brown Sugar Frosting
Lastly, if you make this Vanilla Chai Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
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I love all of your recipes they are so yummy! With this drink I love everything about it I feel like I’m doing something wrong tho because both times I made it (with cold brew coffee) it just tastes watered down. Even when I only put one ice cube in it and I poured all the shaken pumpkin froth in it too
Hi there! Thanks so much for trying out the recipe! I’m sorry that it didn’t turn out the way you hoped, is there anything you did differently? Let me know how I can help! xTieghan
Goodness holy pumpkin is that good or what?! We’ve been enjoying these iced coffee delights all week and they’ve been such a bright way to welcome in fall! My little boy was begging to try it so I put a touch of the syrup and the pumpkin cream into his milk and he was grinning ear-to-ear! Looking forward to trying out other drink recipes for the season!
Hi there! Thanks so much for trying out this recipe! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it 🙂 xTieghan
I made this recipe this morning, and it is delicious! I love all of your recipes so much.
Thanks so much for trying out this recipe! So glad to hear you enjoyed it xTieghan
Delicious! The recipe calls for milk but doesn’t say how to use it. Editing error?
Hi there! In step to it says to combine the milk with the cream, pumpkin, and vanilla 🙂 xTieghan
I made this as cold brew over the weekend (with coconut instead of regular cream) and it was great. This week the mornings have been cold so i’ve been making it as a hot drink and it is so soothing! It is such a fun way to start my week vs regular plain coffee
Hi Katie,
I love to hear that this recipe was enjoyed, I truly appreciate you giving it a try!!? xTieghan
Do you put 1 tbsp vanilla in the syrup and the cream mixture? Ingredient says 1 tbsp only but the directions say vanilla in both the syrup and the cream.
Hey there,
You are going to use 1 tablespoon of vanilla in step 1 to make the syrup. Step 2 calls for the vanilla syrup, so you are going to use 1 tablespoon of the syrup that you made from step 1. I hope you love the recipe! xTieghan
HELP! I was so excited to make this, but I don’t think my syrup thickened like it should?? So my “foam” turned out looking like pumpkin cottage cheese. ??
It still tasted good, so we drank it. But it did not look appetizing.
Hey Danielle,
So sorry to hear this. Was there anything you adjusted in the recipe? Were your ingredients super cold for the foam? Let me know how I can help! xTieghan
So good, made these this morning and was perfect for a hot Florida day!
Hey there,
Fantastic!! So great to hear that you enjoyed this recipe and thanks a lot for making it. Have a great week!? xTieghan
This was so easy and life changing. I added more pumpkin because I can never get enough pumpkin. Mind blown!
Hi Maura,
Fantastic!! So great to hear that you enjoyed this recipe and thanks a lot for making it. Have a great week!? xTieghan
I made this today as part of a Sunday breakfast treat to accompany my warm crossiants, however I made it as a hot brew instead of a cold one. Shaking the cream mix in a jar was hard work so I tipped everything into the mixer and it whisked up a treat. It tasted delicious and I have enough syrup so that I can make this again next weekend.
Great recipe! 🙂
Hey Colleen,
Fantastic!! So great to hear that you enjoyed this recipe and thanks a lot for making it. Have a great week!? xTieghan
I am so excited to try this! I just made the syrup and am going to use it in my cold brew in the morning. Can I premix the cold foam ingredients and just shake/froth before adding it to the coffee?
Hey Whitney,
Yes, that will work well for you. I hope you love this recipe, please let me know if you give it a try! xTieghan
Ok so this tasted great! But… This was kind of complicated to make — a lot of ingredients for a seasonal coffee drink. I had trouble getting the chunks out of the cream with both a hand frother and the jar methods. Love the fall vibes but it would be awesome if this could be made with fewer ingredients!
Thanks for giving the recipe a try Emily!
Even better than the coffee house!!! Soooo good!
Hey Megan,
Wonderful!! So glad to hear that this recipe was loved, thanks for making it:) xTieghan
Delicious! I just made this for the first time. I used my frother.
Hey Kelly,
Awesome! I am so glad that this recipe was enjoyed, thanks for giving it a go! xTieghan
Is 8 oz of cold brew for one serving or two?
Hey Yvonne,
This is for 2 servings. I hope you love the recipe, please let me know if you have any other questions! xTieghan
Made it this morning and it turned out wonderful, love all your recipes!
Hey Stacy,
Awesome! I am so glad that this recipe was enjoyed, thanks for giving it a go! xTieghan