I’m a morning person. I don’t know when this happened, but I tend to blame it on law school. Either way, I’m always up early whether I need to be or not. I’ve really come to enjoy my mornings because it means some quiet alone time. I usually make a cup of coffee or tea, grab a book or something else to read, and just chill out for a while. If I’ve been working on a project, whether it’s for a class or for work, I always look it over in the morning (or, who am I kidding? finish it…).
I don’t have a picture of my drink project this morning because one of the ingredients wasn’t right, but it was still pretty damn good. Homemade London Fog Tea Latte! I’ve heard a lot of chatter about the Starbucks version of this drink, and I immediately thought to myself “I can totally make that at home!”
Pretend this is a London Fog Latte, that it isn’t near The Bean in Chicago and is sitting on my desk in Syracuse, NY okay?
This drink is a cinch to make! And suuuuuper cheap! I’ll even tell you how. Isn’t that nice of me?
London Fog Latte
Serves 1
1 cup Water
2 Earl Grey Tea Bags
1 Tsp. Sugar
1/2 cup Soy Milk
Boil the water in a tea kettle, and pour over both tea bags in a big mug until it’s about 3/4 full. Doubling the tea bags means you can make strong tea without steeping it too long. Steeping tea for a long time makes it bitter and not very tasty. Steep the tea for 3-5 minutes, depending on your taste buds! Meanwhile, froth the soymilk either with the steaming attachment on your espresso machine or microwave it and wisk it like crazy until it’s foamy. Discard the tea bags and sweeten the tea. Pour in the soymilk holding the foamy parts with a spoon, then spoon the foam over the top. Voila! London Fog Latte and it probably cost way less than a buck! Compared to the Starbucks version, that’s probably a $2 savings!I have a fairly crappy espresso machine that has a steaming attachment, which makes this frothing the milk a snap although the foam isn’t as good as you can get in a coffee shop. I’m ok with this, since I don’t have to leave my apartment to have tasty drinks, and you totally can’t beat the cost.
As I mentioned above, this turned out not so pretty because I bought this junky 8th Continent fat free soymilk that’s super watery and just would not stay frothed. I’ve never had this problem with any other brand of soymilk, and I certainly won’t be buying fat free soymilk anymore for adding to tea and coffee, because it totally lacked the body that I like in my drinks.