Lavender and Earl Grey Milk Tea

Brew up this relaxing lavender and earl grey milk tea for a delicious treat! From my new tea cookbook. Checkout my other cookbooks here.

Lavender and Earl Grey Milk Tea

Recipe from Summer Iced Tea Recipes: 50+ Regular, Herbal, Milk, and Fruity Teas

Prep: 5 min  Cook: 15 min  Serves: 1

Ingredients:

1 Tb loose Earl Grey tea

1 tsp dried lavender flowers

1 cup water

½ cup milk

Honey or sugar, to taste

Directions:

• In a small saucepan, bring the water to boil.
• While it’s boiling, add the Earl Grey tea and the lavender flowers. Reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes to allow the flavors to fully infuse.
• Strain the tea into a mug, removing the tea leaves and lavender flowers.
• Stir in the sugar to dissolve.
• In a separate saucepan, heat the milk to warm. You can use a frother or whisk if you prefer frothy milk.
• Pour the warm milk (and honey, if using) into the tea and stir to combine.
• Serve over ice and garnish with a few lavender buds or a slice of lemon.

Fun Fact!

Earl Grey tea is traditionally infused with the oil from the rind of the bergamot orange, giving it a nice citrus flavor. This blend was created by a Chinese mandarin tea master and given to Charles Grey, the 2^nd Earl of Grey and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830-1834. The purpose of the bergamot flavoring was to offset the lime flavor in the well water on the Earl’s estate.