Trick or Tea: Ahmad Tea shares its Halloween-inspired mocktail recipe

Global tea brand Ahmad Tea is sharing its Chai Pumpkin Spiced Mocktail recipe, combining aromatic tea, pumpkin, maple syrup and milk in an iced drink.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- This Halloween, swap the cauldron for the cocktail shaker. Global tea brand Ahmad Tea is sharing its Chai Pumpkin Spiced Mocktail recipe to help consumers create the ultimate night in, combining aromatic tea, pumpkin, maple syrup and milk in an iced drink finished with a cinnamon-sugar rim.

Made with Ahmad Tea’s Chai Spice blend, the alcohol-free recipe puts tea at the heart of Halloween entertaining. Whether welcoming friends for pumpkin carving or settling down for a scary-film marathon, it brings a seasonal twist to the drinks menu.
The recipe taps into the appetite for recreating out-of-home treats at home, offering an accessible way to bring café-inspired flavours into the kitchen. With a frothy texture and a decorated glass, it gives hosts a signature drink to serve alongside their Halloween spread.

Ahmad Tea’s Chai Spice provides the foundation, pairing a malty Assam base with chai flavouring and ginger, cinnamon, clove, star anise, cardamom and pepper. The blend brings depth to the creamy pumpkin mixture, allowing the character of the tea to shine through alongside the sweeter ingredients.

Dominic Marriott, Tea Taster at Ahmad Tea, comments: “Pumpkin has a mellow sweetness that works beautifully with the aromatic spices in chai. Cinnamon and clove complement its autumnal flavour, ginger brings a little warmth, and cardamom adds a fragrant lift. The black tea base gives the drink depth and balances the milk and maple syrup. For the perfect Halloween mocktail, let your tea cool completely before shaking it with the other ingredients and ice. Adjust the maple syrup to your taste, then finish with the cinnamon-sugar rim for a little extra theatre.”




Ahmad Tea’s Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte
Makes two drinks
Ingredients
• 2 Ahmad Tea Chai Spice teabags
• 350ml boiling water
• 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin purée
• 1½ tablespoons maple syrup, adjusted to taste
• 150ml dairy milk or a milk alternative
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Ice cubes
For the rim
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• A little water or maple syrup, to moisten the glasses
Method
1. Infuse the teabags in the boiling water for five minutes. Remove them and leave the tea to cool completely.
2. Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon on a plate. Wet the rims of two rocks glasses with water or maple syrup, then dip them into the mixture.
3. Put the cooled tea, pumpkin purée, maple syrup, milk and cinnamon into a cocktail shaker or securely lidded jar. Add ice and shake until frothy.
4. Strain into the rimmed glasses over fresh ice and serve.


Three ways to enjoy Chai Spice this Halloween
1. Shake up a Halloween mocktail
Make the Chai Pumpkin Spiced Mocktail the centrepiece of your drinks menu, with its cinnamon-sugar rim bringing a finishing touch worthy of spooky season.
2. Pair it with seasonal bakes
Serve Chai Spice alongside pumpkin cake, apple crumble or gingerbread. Its aromatic spices complement the fruit and caramelised flavours of autumn baking.
3. Welcome guests with a warming brew
For those who prefer their tea hot, prepare a freshly brewed pot of Chai Spice, with milk and sweeteners served separately. It is a simple way to welcome friends in from the cold before the Halloween activities begin.

Ahmad Tea Chai Spice is available at £3.30 for 20 teabags from uk.ahmadtea.com.

About Ahmad Tea
Ahmad Tea is an award-winning English tea company founded in Hampshire, England. Family-owned and operated, the company combines four generations of tea expertise with an unwavering commitment to quality.
Today, Ahmad Tea products are enjoyed in more than 90 countries worldwide, serving over 30 million cups of tea every day. The company sources the finest leaves from leading tea-growing regions around the world and maintains rigorous tasting and quality-control standards to ensure every blend delivers an exceptional tea-drinking experience.
Beyond tea, Ahmad Tea is committed to creating a positive impact in communities around the world through its charitable and sustainability initiatives. Through its pioneering Hand-Picked Profit Shared initiative Ahmad Tea is driving positive change in its key sourcing regions, sharing more of the value created by tea with the people who pick it.

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