How Much Sugar Is In Your Favourite Fall Lattés?
It’s latte season! As soon as it was officially fall, I was into the pumpkin spice lattes, chai tea lattes and salted caramel lattes. The catch is, I make my own version of these delicious bevy’s. Why you ask? It really comes down to sugar and other ingredients that don’t belong in lattes.
Did you know that the average person consumes about 150 pounds of sugar PER YEAR. Pretty scary, right?
Sugar seriously adds up, quickly. Check out the amount of sugar in your fave fall lattes that popular café’s serve.
Pumpkin spice latte: 52 grams of sugar
Chai tea latte: 45 grams of sugar
Salted caramel mocha: 68 grams of sugar
That’s a lot of sugar! That’s not natural sugars you would find in fruits and veggies, that’s added…
would find in fruits and veggies, that’s added…
... so, I’ve whipped up 3 healthier versions of those said lattes above.
Coconut Chaga Chai Latte
I love this chai from Lake & Oak Co. because it has chaga, the king of medicinal mushrooms! It has anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties, perfect for this time of year.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup of Lake + Oak Co. Coconut Chaga Chai Tea
- 1 tbsp. coconut creamer (I used Anima Mundi Coconut Creamer)
- 1 tbsp. coconut butter
- ¼ – ½ cup full fat coconut milk
- Sweetener of choice, to taste (maple syrup, honey, Lakanto, monk fruit)
- Splash of pure vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
- Follow instructions on tea package.
- Once your tea has steeped, pour into blender with coconut creamer, coconut butter, vanilla and sweetener, if using. Blend until frothy.
- If you have a frother, froth the coconut milk and then pour on top. If you don’t, warm the coconut milk and then add it into the blender with the other ingredients.
- Pour into your favourite mug and then top with cinnamon.
Pumpkin Spice Latte
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup brewed coffee
- 1-2 tbsp. pumpkin pureé
- 1 tsp. cashew butter
- Primal Palate Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Maple Syrup*
- 1 tbsp. Laird Pumpkin Spice Creamer
- Splash of pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup almond milk
DIRECTIONS
- Add brewed coffee, pumpkin puree, cashew butter, pumpkin pie spice creamer and vanilla to blender and blend until smooth.
- If you have a frother, froth the coconut milk and then pour on top. If you don’t, warm the coconut milk and then add it into the blender with the other ingredients.
- Add to your favourite mug and add frothed almond milk, if desired.
- Top with Primal Palate Pumpkin Pie Spice
*If you want to be super fancy, grab two small plates – on one plate, pour some maple syrup and on the other, pumpkin pie spice. Dip the rim of your mug into the maple syrup and then into the pumpkin spice to have a delicious rimmed mug while you’re sipping on your latte!
