Lavender & Earl Grey London Fog

Did you know that this British sounding tea actually got it’s start on the Canadian west coast in the 1990’s! It was apparently invented by a lady named Mary Loria from Vancouver and I am glad she did because it is one of my favourite tea, especially combined with lavender syrup. The combination of warm milk, lavender syrup and bergamot feels Like a warm hug with a gentle caffeine kick. This tea latte is perfect for cold winter mornings or an afternoon pick me up.

What is a London fog? Traditionally a London Fog is an earl grey tea latte with foamy milk and vanilla extract or vanilla syrup. For this recipe we substitute the vanilla with lavender syrup, it’s a small change but a whole new experience!

TIPS:

-If you want nice foamy milk you can use a frother. Warm up the milk on a stove top or in the microwave and use a mini frother or if you have a frother integrated to your coffee machine, that is ideal. If you have neither of those you can pour the warm milk in a mason jar and shake it like you mean it! This cost effective method works great too.

-Prepate your lavender simple syrup in advance so you have it on hand to enjoy with all of your favourite treats.

-For a sugar free option you can either make the syrup with the sugar substitute “allulose” when making your lavender simple syrup or add 1 /2 to 1 tsp of lavender buds to your loose leaf earl grey tea.

PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

-1 Earl Grey tea bag or 1 TBSP loose leaf Earl Grey Tea

-1/2 Cup of hot water

-1/2 Cup milk of your choice

-2 tsp lavender simple syrup (sweeten to taste) see recipe in blog

DIRECTIONS:

-make the tea: Steap you tea bag in hot water for 3-5 minutes. Adjust strenght to your taste.

- froth your milk: Warm up the milk on low heat and froth with your method of choice.

-sweeten: Stir sweetener in with steeped tea.

-add milk: Top off the tea with the warm frotted milk and add a sprikle of lavender buds for decoration.

Enjoy and thank you for reading!

Veronica

*** Alberta Lavender Farm will be selling culinary grade lavender buds and lavender culinary goods starting at the end of August and onward. In the meantime, you can find culinary lavender and loose leaf Earl Grey tea at the Travelling Moon Apothecary in Gasoline Alley Farmer’s Market or at the Silk Road Spice Merchant in Calgary and online.