The perfect breakfast beverage, Paleo Chai Latte, made with warming Ayurvedic spices will keep you cozy during the cold weather. Made with eggs, coconut oil, and antioxidant rich chai spices including cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves, this rich hot drink makes a great on-the-go breakfast. Sometimes I serve Paleo Chai Latte as a healthy snack in the afternoon, since it gives me a burst of real energy without any of the caffeine.
Giving Up Coffee and Caffeine
Speaking of caffeine, while many people on the paleo diet start their days off with bulletproof coffee, I do not. I haven’t had coffee since 1993. I think I had a headache for three days straight when I gave up coffee cold turkey a couple of decades ago. My body simply doesn’t tolerate caffeine. The silver lining of giving up coffee is my homemade Dandelion Root Coffee, my favorite coffee substitute beverage. In the winter I drink it almost every day, and a couple of times per week in the summer.
Caffeine-Free Dandelion Root Coffee
Fans rave about my Dandelion Root Coffee. Like regular coffee, its primary flavor is bitter, a flavor that is highly underrated in our culture and very important in Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine. Finally, my homemade Dandelion Root Coffee is a great liver cleanser. For me, giving up caffeine and getting healthy liver cleansing dandelion root into my body every day is a win-win!
Paleo Chai Latte for Breakfast
This Paleo Chai Latte is another great hot drink that’s similar to chai tea, or a chai latte! It’s packed with protein from eggs, and full of fabulous fat from coconut oil. If you are raw egg-phobic, the great thing about this paleo drink is that the boiling water poaches the eggs a bit. If you’re looking for a quick and easy, healthy breakfast recipe this is it!
Paleo Chai Latte
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 date (remove pit) or ⅛ teaspoon stevia
Instructions
- In a vitamix, combine eggs, water, coconut oil, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and date
- Blend on high until mixture is frothy
- Serve
Equipment
Another benefit of this paleo breakfast drink? No pan to wash after breakfast. Just rinse out the container of your blender or throw it in the dishwasher, and you’re set! Feel free to customize Paleo Chai Latte to your liking with more eggs or coconut oil. To make this a Keto Diet recipe, omit the date and use stevia. Paleo Chai Latte is my new favorite healthy breakfast recipe.
Hot Drinks that are Caffeine-Free
Here are some of my other healthy, dairy-free, caffeine-free hot drink recipes for you!
Nicold says
Errr…don’t have a vitamix. Will this work in blender?
Elana says
Nicold, I haven’t tried that so not sure how it would turn out. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes :-)
Aisha says
Would a regular blender work for this?! I don’t have a vitamix!
Elana says
Aisha, I haven’t tried that so not sure how it would turn out. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes :-)
Klyde says
Hi, I love this recipe and have been using it for a few weeks now. It’s delicious! It gives me that warm, rich, spicy, comfort-food pleasure that coffee used to. I started poaching (drop eggs into boiling water, turn off heat, wait 4-5 min) the eggs, using stevia (didn’t have any dates), and using Ceylon Cinnamon. The longer poaching does not seem to make any difference in flavor or texture. I looked into cinnamon, since 2 tsp is a lot to digest at once and so often. Please look into it; it seems that regular (Cassia) cinnamon can cause health problems and the Ceylon (different variety) is the one with the touted health properties. Regular is okay if not used as often.
Thank you so much for the recipe! I was searching for a good coffee alternative and this is it.
Elana says
Klyde, I’m so happy that you love this recipe!
Luke says
This looks awesome! What a nice picture!
I own a vitamix and will have to give it a shot!
Elana says
Thanks Luke!
feisty living says
My grandfather used to make a similar breakfast drink with coffee, sugar, and eggs. Thanks for this version–it’s delicious!
Elana says
So great to hear this was delicious!
Esther says
Wow! I’ve been a long time fan of Elana’s and have cooked and baked my way through much of her website, and everything has always turned out *great* but I’ve never left a comment until now- this is absolutely delicious!
I took what one commenter said about it not being hot enough, because I like my hot beverages really hot, and left the eggs out on the counter for a few hours before I made it. I also used a little bit of honey instead of the date. This drink is phenomenal- frothy and comforting and delicious!
Elana says
Esther, so great to hear this was absolutely delicious!
sandra says
I just made this. It was delicious and satisfying. I did not have dates so I put in one fig. I only had cinnamon and Trader Joe’s pumping pie spice mix, so that’s what I used. What a treat! Thank you.
Bonnie Williams says
I wanted it to be hotter. I will try using eggs that are not right out of the fridge and cold next time.
Carmela says
Can you use coffee instead of water??
Elana says
Carmela, I haven’t tried that so not sure how it would turn out. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes :-)
Brett says
Hi Elana, Is there any possibility to make Chai Latte without eggs? How to make it egg free.
Elana says
Brett, I haven’t tried that so not sure how it would turn out. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes!