I love myself a good cup of tea and today I am taking Tetly’s Earl Grey vanilla flavour and making a London fog. I like this tea personally and I think since it already has a hint of vanilla flavour in it I won’t need to add the vanilla extract to my London fog so we’re gonna just try this out with some steamed coconut milk.
first review of the tea itself dry the tea has a very strong black tea smell with a subtle vanilla undertone. To me the smell is quite pleasant. Once Brew the smell has tone down quite a bit but it still has that rich black tea aroma.
As for taste before I add milk it has a pleasant rich flavour of A black tea with a very subtle vanilla undertone personally I do not add sweetener when I drink this tea I don’t feel it’s necessary as there’s no bitterness to it even once it’s cooled off I still do not taste the bitterness. I would definitely recommend this tea is a good morning tea without even having to add sweetener or milk.
Today were going to do both instead of adding sugar I’m embracing my Canadian side and my sweetener today will be maple syrup. And my son is lactose intolerant and he loves to steal my tea so I will be making my latte with coconut milk. I do not have a milk steamer, so I’m simply just heating my coconut milk up to a low simmer in a sauce pa. Then pouring it over the strongly brewed tea: which I have let brew for 8 minutes. I did not measure my maple syrup as I just poured in about 2 teaspoons. I also did not measure the water or the milk but I filled my 16 oz tea cup approximately 2/3 of the way up with hot water when I steep the tea and filled it the rest of the way with the steamed coconut milk.
so how did it taste? It was pleasant the earl gray tea comes through but the taste of the coconut milk is pretty strong. I do not think the maple syrup as a sweetener is the best idea. With all the flavours already in this latte, I feel like the maple syrup does not add to the enjoyment. I love maple syrup but I think regular cane sugar would’ve been better.
Final thoughts: I really enjoyed this tea and I like the idea of a London fog. However, I don’t think the coconut milk and maple syrup were a good combination. I think it would taste better with just regular sugar or honey or maple syrup’s robust taste distracts from the other flavours. Will probably make us again another day with regular sugar.
With all that being said I do like this tea so I think I will turn it into ice cream this weekend. Stay tune for that I really actually use measurements so you can repeat it. Best of all it will be a no churn ice cream the only equipment you will need is an electric whisk such as I stand mixer or hand-mixer.
