Homemade pumpkin spice latte recipe (without coffee)! And, bonus! Learn how to make Korean style pumpkin latte (no coffee, again) along the way! They both are perfect comfort drinks on a cold wintery day. Delicious, of course!
On the weekend, I bought some pumpkin to make my baby girl’s solid food. It was only 1/2 a cut pumpkin but it was still big. There was no way she would finish it by herself this week.
So I thought of making some pumpkin latte for us. Great idea, don’t you think? Just the echoing the sound of ‘pumpkin’ sounds so relaxing to me.
Korean Pumpkin Latte (Danhobak Latte)
Typical Korean style pumpkin latte (aka Danhobak Latte, 단호박 라떼) is very simple. It only requires three ingredients: milk, pumpkin and sweetener (sugar or honey). No coffee! And, maybe add some pumpkin seeds as a decoration like the below picture.
But I thought this is a bit too plain for me, so I decided to spice it up a bit by adding some warm spices. After all, I’m a Korean who loves spices! 😉
To get some ideas, I did a google search and the first one that appeared was Pumpkin Spice Latte by Betty Crocker. It gave me some rough ideas on how to spice my pumpkin latte. Also, during my research, I found that Pumpkin Spice Latte by Starbucks is really popular.
Have you had this before? I’ve never been to Starbucks, lol, so I can’t tell how closely my latte would taste to theirs. I would love to find out soon!
Anyway, I tried to aim at preserving the natural sweet pumpkin flavour by using real kabocha squash. Also, as I don’t drink coffee normally, I didn’t add any espresso.
If you want to follow Korean style pumpkin latte, just follow the below recipe up to sugar. However, it you want to venture out a bit more, you could try the whole of my recipe and let me know what you think of it.
My family really loved it and I made this three times already this week! I’m planning to serve this whenever I have guests over. 🙂
P.S. If you like this recipe, you might also like to try Korean sweet potato latte (no coffee) too!
Ingredients for Pumpkin Spice Latte, 3 servings
- 2 Cup (500 ml) milk
- 200g (7 ounces) seeded, skinned Kabocha (Japanese) pumpkin (approx. 185g/6.5 ounces steamed pumpkin)
- 1 Tbsp raw sugar + extra to taste if needed
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp ginger powder
- Whipped cream (optional but highly recommend)
- Maple syrup (optional but highly recommend)
- A few sprinkles of cinnamon powder (optional)
- Cinnamon sticks (optional)
*1 Tbsp = 15ml, 1 Cup = 250ml
How to Make Pumpkin Spice Latte
1.Prepare pumpkin for steaming. Wash and cut the pumpkin into small chunk pieces. Peel the skin off the pumpkin. Steam it in a boiling pot until it is cooked (20 to 25 mins).
2.Once the pumpkin is ready, put the steamed pumpkin and the milk into a blender. Blend it (approx 1 minute – to a complete liquid, not pulpy).
3.Pour the blended mixture into a pot then add the rest of the ingredients (excl. optional). Heat it up on low temperature setting for 4-5 mins. Stir/Whisk constantly.
4.Pour the pumpkin latte into a mug/tea cup. Decorate with optional ingredients then serve.
Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte (Without Coffee)
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk (500 ml)
- 200 g Kabocha , seeded and skinned (approx. 185 g / 6.5 ounces steamed pumpkin)
- 1 Tbsp raw sugar + extra to taste if needed
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp ginger powder
- whipped cream , optional but highly recommend
- maple syrup , optional but highly recommend
- A few sprinkles cinnamon powder , optional
- cinnamon sticks , optional
Instructions
- Prepare pumpkin for steaming. Wash and cut the pumpkin into small chunk pieces. Peel the skin off the pumpkin. Steam it in a boiling pot until it is cooked (20 to 25 mins).
- Once the pumpkin is ready, put the steamed pumpkin and the milk into a blender. Blend it (approx 1 minute – to a complete liquid, not pulpy).
- Pour the blended mixture into a pot then add the rest of the ingredients (excl. optional). Heat it up on low temperature setting for 4-5 mins. Stir/Whisk constantly.
- Pour the pumpkin latte in a mug/tea cup. Decorate with optional ingredients then serve.
Nutrition Info (per serving)
The nutrition information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
