London Fog {Earl Grey Latte}
 
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A warm and comforting tea latte featuring the classic and well-loved Earl Grey.
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Recipe type: Beverage
Serves: Makes 2 lattes
Ingredients
  • 2 cups (16 oz) of water
  • 2 Earl Grey tea bags or 4 tsp loose-leaf Earl Grey tea (or according to instructions)
  • 1 cup (8 oz) of milk
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • optional add-ins: ½ tsp honey or maple syrup and/or spice of choice for topping.
Instructions
  1. Bring water to near-boil and pour into two separate mugs with a tea bag in each or into a small tea pot with two tea bags or infuser.
  2. Allow the tea to steep 4-7 minutes (or according to instructions/preference) before removing tea bags/infuser. Add a ½ tsp of vanilla to each latte and ¼ tsp of honey or maple syrup if using, stirring to combine.
  3. Meanwhile prepare the frothed milk: place 1 cup of cold (refrigerated) milk in stainless steel container (or whatever method you are using) - add lid and hand pump enthusiastically about 20 times. Gently remove the lid from the container (tapping to allow any milk to fall back into the container) and immediately transfer the freshly frothed milk into a clean pint sized mason jar or other suitable jar (it should be no more than half full) and microwave until the frothed milk has approx doubled in volume and before it spills over (if you are new to this, watch carefully to determine the right amount of time in your particular microwave - for us, it's 52 seconds on the button ;o
  4. Carefully remove the glass jar from microwave and divide foam between the lattes using the method you may have observed from baristas - take a generous sized spoon and hold back the foam to allow some of the warm milk beneath to pour into the glass and then release the spoon to allow the foam to cover the top - you can help by scooping some of the foam at this stage, adding as much or as little as desired. Enjoy as is or with your favorite spice sprinkled on top.
  5. It may take a couple practices to get the frothing method down but you'll get the hang of it in no time (next thing you know you'll be wowing everyone with your latte art and packing your frother in your valise for your next holiday).
Recipe by Inspired Edibles at https://www.inspirededibles.ca/2017/01/london-fog-earl-grey-latte-the-secret-to-frothing-milk.html