Homemade London Fog Tea Latte
One of the new Tazo tea lattes at Starbucks is the London Fog Latte. It’s made with Earl Grey tea – hence the “London Fog” name. Earl Grey tea is a classic tea, a longtime favorite of many tea drinkers. It’s made with black tea and is flavored with bergamot, a citrus fruit with a orangy perfumy flavor. Starbucks uses vanilla syrup in their London Fog recipe to highlight the bergamot and give the tea a full, warm flavor.
The drink is easy to make at home if you have some vanilla syrup on hand, whether it’s homemade or store-bought. Earl Grey tends to get a little bitter if it is oversteeped, so be sure to use double the amount of tea to get double strength tea for your tea latte instead of simply letting the tea sit longer. Also, feel free to use more vanilla if you like your drink a little sweeter.
Homemade London Fog Tea Latte
8-oz strong Earl Grey Tea, hot
4-oz milk
3 tbsp vanilla syrup
Pour hot Earl Grey tea into a large mug or other serving glass. Stir in vanilla syrup.
Steam milk, or heat it in the microwave and whisk until very frothy, and pour it into the sweetened tea.
Serve immediately.
Makes 1.
Scott Cheatham said,
Thanks for the recipe. I’ve gotten hooked on these in the past few weeks and was wondering how I could craft my own!
Afternoon Tea Time « Scott Cheatham’s Weblog said,
[...] Imagine my surprise while I was away on business in Illinois and I ambled in to the local Starbucks and noticed their new “Tea Lattes”. Starbucks has always had tea but never really pushed it. Most coffee shops do. I was waiting on a friend so I decided I would give the “London Fog” latte a try since it’s base was Earl Grey tea. I was pleasantly surprised by the taste; not too overpowering but enough to satisy your tea cravings. A few days later I tried another one and asked the barista about the mix. Earl Grey tea of course, along with vanilla syrup and some steamed milk added. The tea bag used is Starbucks’ tea of choice, Tazo, in the full leaf bad variety. It made for a pretty strong brew after it was done steeping. Starbucks is putting a lot into this campaign to reposition itself. The increase in gourmet coffee shops, not to mention the McDonalds’ chain offering high quality coffee beverages at a lower price and with drive through convienence, has forced the Seattle coffee chain to make some changes. Pushing the tea beverages makes sense. While very good, they are a bit pricey. I went online to see if anyone else had came up with a home brew recipe for the new beverage and sure enough, I found one. You can check it out here. [...]
Tashina said,
Thanks for the recipe! I’ve been looking for it and yours seems to be the most accurate out there.
Kehlar said,
I think I’d like to try it with the hot earl grey, milk and a tsp of vanilla extract. maybe less. interesting.
Stripy Socks said,
That sounds quite strange but I think I might dig out the Earl Grey and give it a whirl!
Natasha said,
Love the recipe! I also tried it with hazelnut syrup to give it a twist.
Links to Little Things « Terres Inconnues said,
[...] like snoozing for an extra half-hour before getting up in the morning. Or being treated to a London Fog for free. Eating pumpkin bread for breakfast, (and suddenly remembering that pumpkin honey [...]
A. R. said,
Thanks for sharing the recipe for tea latte, sounds delicious, can’t wit to try it.
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aj said,
had one of these today, used vanilla extract instead of syrup, tasted really good. I got this at a local coffee shop with organic earl grey- and it was so delicious, so def try it organic- has so much more flavor in it….