Spice Up Starbucks’ Traditional Fall Pumpkin Spice Latte With This Spicy Recipe Using Tabañero’s Sweet And Spicy Hot Sauce
It’s officially fall, which means everyone and their mother is talking about the famous pumpkin spice latte. Since Starbucks invented the pumpkin spice latte in 2003, many coffee drinkers have acquired a seasonal addiction. Others claim the pumpkin spice latte is too basic and refuse to buy into the hype.This spicy pumpkin spice latte recipe is anything but basic. Traditionally, a pumpkin spice latte combines an espresso latte with pumpkin pie and fall spices. This recipe has the classic ingredients, including steamed milk, espresso, pumpkin, whipped cream, and pumpkin pie spice.
The addition of Tabañero’s Sweet and Spicy hot sauce heats things up beyond pumpkin pie spice. Despite the drink’s spices and sweetness, this pumpkin spice latte recipe still delivers a hefty caffeine content. One spicy pumpkin spice latte has about 128 milligrams of caffeine. Drinkers can adjust the recipe to their desired caffeine content by adding or subtracting espresso shots.
Like at Starbucks, at-home baristas can alter this spicy pumpkin spice latte recipe to fit any dietary needs. Replacing the milk with a non-dairy alternative like oat milk still tastes just as delicious. This recipe calls for maple syrup, which can also be substituted. Honey and brown sugar will make this latte just as sweet.
Pumpkin spice lattes evoke nostalgia and mark the beginning of fall for those who drink them. Learning how to whip up this spicy pumpkin spice latte will make fall mornings a little less basic.
Spicy Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe
Making this spicy pumpkin spice latte at home is easier and takes less time than going to Starbucks. To execute this recipe, at-home baristas only need a small saucepan, a whisk, and two mugs. This recipe yields two servings, but at-home baristas can easily double the ingredients to accommodate more pumpkin spice latte fans.Ingredients
2 cups of milk (dairy or non-dairy)2 tablespoons of pumpkin puree
1 tablespoon of maple syrup
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon of Sweet and Spicy Tabañero hot sauce
4 shots of espresso Whipped cream
Instructions
First, combine the milk, pumpkin puree, and maple syrup in a saucepan over medium heat for about five minutes. The drink mixture should be hot but not boiling.Remove the drink mixture from the heat and add the vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice, Sweet and Spicy Tabañero hot sauce, and espresso shots.
Whisk the drink mixture together until it’s blended smoothly. Divide the spicy pumpkin spice latte mix between two mugs.
Top with a hefty amount of whipped cream and a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice.