Maybe it's the cooler weather, maybe it's seeing the leaves change colour, but sometimes you just got to have a pumpkin spice latte to sip and savour. But when that time hits, you may not want to spend $5 for a cup of coffee (I'm looking at you Starbucks...), or you might run the risk of getting disappointed when you ask for one at the counter, and are told that they ran out of the spice blends, or that the promotion ended for the season (I'm looking at you Second Cup, at two different locations...). Luckily, I found this recipe on the interwebs, so I won't get screwed over by Corporate Coffee again.
Ingredients
1/2 cup espresso
1.5 cups milk
1 tsp.vanilla
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp.ginger
1/4 tsp.nutmeg
1/4 tsp.all-spice
1/8 tsp.cloves
1 tbsp.maple syrup
- Set up stove-top espresso machine over medium heat. It should take about 8 minutes to brew 1/2 cup.
- In a small saucepan, whisk all spices, vanilla and maple syrup into the milk. Treat this like risotto and don't walk away, always be stirring. Keep heat medium to medium-low to avoid burning the milk or curdling.
- When steam starts to rise from the milk, turn heat off but continue stirring.
Optional: if you have a frother, now's the time to froth up your milk.
- When espresso is brewed, pour milk mixture into mugs, and add espresso overtop.
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