Vegan Indian Chai Tea. Masala Chai. Gluten-free Recipe

Vegan Indian Masala Chai. Fabulous almond milk tea with homemade chai spice blend (cardamom, cinnamon, pepper) and fresh ginger. Vegan Chai tea recipe

Recipe by Vegan Richa on July 8, 2014

Prep time: PT5M

Cook time: PT10M

Total time: PT15M

Rating

4.94 stars (15 reviews)

Keywords

indian chai, vegan chai, vegan chai tea

Ingredients

3/4 cup water
1.5 Tbsp raw sugar or other sweetener to taste
2 tsp chai patti/loose tea
1/4 to 1/2 tsp chai spice/chai masala blend
1/2 to 1 tsp minced/grated fresh ginger (,some fresh gingers are too strong, so use to taste)
1.25 cup Almond breeze plain almond milk or oatmilk or soymilk other non dairy milk.

Cuisine

Indian

Steps

In a small deep pan at medium heat, add water, sugar, tea leaves, chai masala blend and ginger. Bring to a bubbling boil. 7 to 9 mins
Slowly pour the almond milk. Bring the mix to just about a boil. 6 to 8 minutes.
Strain into a cup and serve hot. Compost the tea leaves.
Note: some plant milks tend to separate when added to the hot water. Add a Tbsp cold/room temperature water to the boiling water to bring the temperature down. Then pour in the plant milk.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 53 kcal
Carbohydrates: 9 g
Protein: 1 g
Fat: 1 g
Sodium: 60 mg
Sugar: 9 g

Reviews

Hiroshi on 2025-08-18 (5 stars):
It tastes amazing with 1 tablespoon honey and soy milk over ice. I think this is the best chai recipe I've had so far. Thank you so much for the recipe. :)
Anne on 2021-12-16 (5 stars):
What a difference making it this way! Oh I love this! So worth the time and the extra attention.
Niv on 2021-02-25 (5 stars):
It turned out yummy I only did half the sugar and used 1 cup coconut milk
Kavita M on 2021-02-04 (5 stars):
Just started plant based foods only and was looking for a good substitute to dairy milk. This receipe will help.