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Vanilla-Gingerbread Latte

By November 23, 2009Food

Neil loves coffee, that’s no mystery. I love coffee too, but I like foo-foo coffee. Concoctions with non-coffee flavors, and obscene amounts of chocolate or candy. I don’t sip, I gulp. I savor the whipped cream and chocolate shavings and am almost brought to tears when the cup is nearly empty. In my teeth-grinding attempt to save money however, I’ve cut back and am always looking for ways to duplicate my little luxuries by DIY. CHOW recently asked a handful of restaurant owners for the recipes to their seasonal flavored coffees  and Chef Robert Hellen’s Vanilla-Gingerbread Latte made my list.

Ingredients

For the sugar mixture:
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
For the spiced simple syrup:
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon ginger mix from above
  • 1 scant teaspoon vanilla extract
To assemble:
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 expresso shot (1 to 1/2 ounces)
  • Graham cracker, for garnish
  • 3 tablspoons simple syrup from above
Ingredients
  1. For the sugar mixture: Mix all ingredients together: Mix all ingredients together.
  2. For the spiced simple syrup: Mix all ingredients together.
  3. To assemble: Steam milk and froth top, if you have an expresso maker. Pour expresso shot into a cup. Garnish with a graham cracker and a drizzle of syrup, if desired.

{Recipe via Chow & Image via Treehugger}

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