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Prep Time: 3 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 3 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Comforting and warming (but less guilt-generating than a cup of hot chocolate!) on a cold winter afternoon Ingredients:
1 -2 vanilla flavored black tea bags |
4 tablespoons powdered milk |
4 cm vanilla beans or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence |
artificial sweetener, to taste (any can be used, from hypocaloric to plain or flavoured sugar, to honey or syrup...use your immagina) |
1 liter boiling water |
Directions:
1. Put powdered milk, vanilla bean (split in two and seeds scraped out in the pot) and sweetener in a teapot.
2. Pour 2 tbsp of the boiling water in the teapot and mix well with a spoon, you should get a smooth paste (it is important that you do this or the powdered milk might sort of curdle , don't ask me why but it does it!).
3. Add the teabag(s) to the teapot and pour remaining boiling water, mixing well; let steep 5-7 minutes (or longer if you like a stronger tea flavour).
4. Strain to get rid of the vanilla pieces (you don't need to do it if you use vanilla essence, of course).
5. If you have a milk frother you can use it to have a lightly foamy version (I suggest you do it directly in the serving mug/cup, or the light froth won't last).
6. A stronger-adult version can be made by substituting vanilla bean/essence with a vanilla flavoured liqueur.
7. Or, you can just add it.
8. Sip preferably on a comfy couch, cuddled up under a blanket with a good book, a pet, and a nice background music- enjoy!
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