This simple recipe for a homemade chai spice blend is simply the best! The warm spices in this blend are perfect for making homemade chai lattes or spicing up oatmeal, baked goods, and more!
Where are my chai fans? If you're a chai lover, you'll be happy to know that you can easily make your own chai spice blend right in your own kitchen with just a few simple spices! You can take the chai flavor you love way beyond a latte with this spice blend.
What is Chai?
Chai means "tea" in India, where the drink originated. Chai refers to the milky black tea flavored with warm spices that's very common there. Each family's recipe is different, but common spices to include are cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, star anise, and sometimes fennel, nutmeg, pepper and coriander.
Why You'll Love This Homemade Chai Spice Blend
This homemade spice blend allows you to take the flavors you love from a chai latte and add them to anything without the caffeine or sugar found in a latte! Made from 6 easy to find spices, it's so simple to whip up so you can use it any time the craving strikes!
Spices in This Chai Blend
Each person's preference is different, but this is the blend that I've found to be the best, made with spices I already keep in my spice cabinet! It includes:
- Ginger
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Nutmeg
- Cardamom
- Black Pepper
Simply mix them all up and you're ready to flavor anything you choose!
Tips For Making and Storing The Best Chai Spice Blend
- Check your spices to make sure they aren't old. Spices do have a shelf life. Fresh spices will give you the best tasting blend.
- Taste and adjust to suit your personal preference!
- This recipe for chai spice mix makes enough to fill a normal sized spice jar about halfway full, so make more or less depending on your jar.
- Most glass spice jars can be put in the dishwasher (the lids, too) so it makes it easy to recycle them and use them for your own blends. Just make sure you label your jars!
How To Use Chai Spice
- Of course, you can use this blend to make your own chai latte with black tea, milk, and sweetener of your choice.
- Sprinkle on your morning oatmeal or use in overnight oats or baked oatmeal, like my Pumpkin Chai Baked Oatmeal.
- Blend into smoothies for a delicious flavor, like my Healthy Gut Vanilla Chai Smoothie.
- Flavor pancakes or waffles, like my Banana Chai Blender Pancakes!
- It's delicious in baked goods, like pumpkin bread or my Chai Spiced Snickerdoodles!
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PrintHomemade Chai Spice Blend
This simple recipe for a homemade chai spice blend is simply the best! The warm spices in this blend are perfect for making homemade chai lattes or spicing up oatmeal, baked goods, and more!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: about 8 tsp 1x
- Category: spices
- Method: no cook
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 3 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- ¼- ½ tsp black pepper (optional)
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
- Use a funnel to pour mix into a spice jar.
- Enjoy in tea, oatmeal, baked goods, or anything else you'd like to have a chai flavor!
Keywords: diy chai spice, homemade chai spice blend
Does it disolve well on hot water?
Since it's made of spices, it won't really dissolve the way that sugar or salt would.
my first try. How much spice blend per cup?
Hi Gale,
I'd probably start with 1/4 tsp and increase to suit your taste.
Thanks! Looking forward to trying this tonight!
Blend ingredients together in a coffee grinder until finely ground and well mixed.
So grateful for this recipe! I am using it in my steel cut oats instead of cinnamon. No sweetener required.
★★★★★
It's so delicious in oatmeal!:)
Thank you, been buying dry chia tea & adding pumpkin spice mix to it. Taste good, but something missing, it is the cardamom.
Hi Ann,
Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy!