Crazy Crave Monster: Afternoon Tea Time

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Afternoon Tea Time - Something Different

Hello guys! I am back again with another different kind of post that I have been really wanting to do. Today's post will be about Tea Time (that is pretty obvious from the title of this post). I will try to post an Afternoon Tea Time series weekly (each Thursday) anything that has a relation to tea, so here we go!

The British would hate me for doing this but oh well that's why the title stated 'different'. Today's Afternoon Tea Time is about the very classic tea which is Green Tea. Today's post might not have a really big relation to tea but let's just go on with it.

I am very sure you guys all know what the picture above is. Yes it is Green Tea Latte, I know that this is not very traditional and all, but I found this drink quite calming and relaxing like any other tea. In today's post I am going to tell you guys how to make this on your own (since I am lazy and not that creative I made this from the sachet ones LOL).

What you guys will need is of course the Green Tea Latte itself. There is this really nice brand that creates instant Green Tea Latte that tastes so good and similar to Starbuck's. The brand is called 'Esprecielo' and the series is ALLURE (picture above). I have to agree this is very hard to find in Jakarta (even though this brand is an Indonesian brand). At first I found this in Mini Stop (a mini mart in Indonesia, kinda like Seven Eleven) but then as I went there again to buy it, it was no longer there. After that I kinda gave up on searching for it, but a few weeks after that my dad found like a bunch of the ALLURE Esprecielo in Bali and of course he bought almost all of them.

Making this drink is very simple and it doesn't require any type of skills, because all you have to do is just put hot water and stir it evenly. But to make it amazing you probably need a few tips that I am gonna give to you guys!

Tips!

After you add the hot water add a bit of milk (I prefer Greenfields because it somehow tastes better) and then stir evenly.
Use warm/hot milk instead of using hot water for the base of this drink, this is perfect for those who enjoys creamy and milky drinks.
Enjoy this Green Tea Latte with some butter cookies or British Shortbread.

Those tips are actually pretty basic, I usually do the first one since I like to balance the creaminess and the Green Tea flavor. But I hope you guys found this post useful and fun, I promise to post something better next week and of course a more traditional.