London Fog
When my husband and I started trying a lower carb diet, I had to drop my regular coffee creamer and broaden my horizons in morning drinks. Thus, I discovered the London Fog. After trying a few brands of earl grey tea, I found that Teavana Earl Grey Crème tea bags are my favorite, probably because that’s what Starbucks uses. There are hints of lavender and vanilla. The tea bags themselves smell divine. Twinings makes an earl grey tea that’s nice, too. When it comes to the dairy, I like half and half. It’s low-carb and froths nicely. Speaking of froth, I purchased a battery-operated, hand-held frother on Amazon. Mine was quite affordable. I’ve had it for about a year and think it does a really good job. It makes restaurant-style drinks right at home.
This tea comes together in about 6 or 7 minutes. If you can take care of heating and frothing your dairy while the tea is steeping for 5 minutes, you’ll be sipping and enjoying your hot London Fog in no time.
London Fog
Ingredients
- 10 ounces water
- 2 Teavana Earl Grey Creme tea bags
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 2 tablespoons vanilla syrup, more or less depending on tastes
- ground cinnamon, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Bring the water to a rolling boil. You can do this in a tea kettle on the stove top or an electric kettle, or in a microwave. I use Adagio Tea’s IngenuiTEA teapot. See Notes on this amazing product.
- Place the water in your mug and add the 2 tea bags and allow to steep for a full 5 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags.
- Pour the half and half into a 2-cup glass measuring cup and heat in microwave for 1 minute. Alternatively, you can heat on the stovetop.
- Froth the half and half if you have a frother. It’s okay if you don’t have one, heat your half and half anyway. (Rinse the frother so that your dairy doesn’t stick to it.)
- Add the frothed milk and as much or as little vanilla syrup as you’d like. Gently stir and taste to see if you’d like to add more syrup.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and ENJOY!
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