The constant rain this winter has prompted me to search for a drink more comforting than my standard morning “tall nonfat latte,” and I’m happy to report that while I’ll probably be back to my lattes when the sun reappears in a month or two, I’ve found an excellent temporary replacement. One of the coffee shops on campus advertises a drink called London Fog – early grey tea, steamed milk, and vanilla syrup. Yum! It’s perfect on a foggy Vancouver winter morning.
Now, I’ve been a Loondon Fog connoisseur since November, but in the past month or two the drink seems to have become really popular and all the coffee shops in town have the “recipe” down. This is good because I can now order a sugar-free London Fog at Starbucks, instead of having to ask for a “nonfat earl grey tea misto with sugar free vanilla.” Phew!
Apparently the London Fog is not just a Vancouver thing either; My barista sister in Halifax is also a London Fog fan, and last month Freestyle – a national afternoon radio show on the CBC – did a series of Fog-related interviews!
freestyle has officially beat the london fog to death. i’m pretty sick of hearing about it — however, we now get boatloads of customers asking for it. ps – sugarfree? YUCK. how can you take the taste of the aspartame?
Posted by Anonymous | 09. Mar, 2007, 7:55 pmthat was me. incase you couldn’t tell.
Posted by jen | 09. Mar, 2007, 7:55 pmIf I was an Earl Grey fan, perhaps I would have heard of this before. It sounds quite nice and I will have to give it a try. Hehe, your previous way of ordering it would have made a nice graphic at mystarbuckstshirt.com. =)
Posted by wyn | 10. Mar, 2007, 10:56 amIt’s made it to Detroit. But if you want a London Fog in here you’ll have to go to the Coffee Cafe in the lobby of the Dime Building on Fort and Griswold right downtown. I mentioned it to the propietor there a few minutes after hearing about it on the CBC. She knew about it and made one for me (soy – I can’t handle milk). It’s a really good late afternoon break or night time drink if you ask me. It’s smooth and mellow (like me) and you don’t get a rush like you would with my usual (Americano 2-shot). Not sure if it will go well with the summer heat. I liked “freestyle” and I’m not connecting well with this “Q” program yet.
Posted by Ron | 26. Apr, 2007, 2:48 pm