Blueberry Latte

Imagine having a chai latte but instead of tea you´d be sipping heart-warming blueberry milk.

When we were kids we used to go picking blueberries and wild strawberries in our summer cottage. When we´d get back to the cottage we´d put the berries into a mug and pour some milk on top of them. After drinking our berry milks we all had our mouths and teeth covered with blueberry. What a sweet and hilarious mess it was!

This, dear readers, is a taste of summer and memories for me.

End of the summer in our childhood summer cottage.

And this is the time I really want to re-live those moments.

Now it is probably the gloomiest time in Finland: it´s dark almost round the clock, the nature is colorless and we don´t have the snow on the ground yet (we did but it melted away).

So, there really is a call for a nice memory and warmth of summer right now.

This blueberry drink has it all: the taste of childhood, the sweetness of blueberry pie and the warmth of summer. All in one cup! When you´re having this cuppa I promise you, there will be a glimpse of summer light in your heart for a moment.

And that, at least for me, puts a wide blueberry smile on my face :)

Share it with your friends or enjoy it alone – as long as you brace the magic of tastes and memories you get whilst sipping away this blueberry dream.

Blueberry sypup:

5 dl blueberries

4 dl water

1 dl caster sugar

1 dl mucavado sugar

2 heap ts cardamo

 a half vanilla pod

one cinnamon stick

Cut the vanilla pod half and carve all the tasty vanilla seeds into a pan. Add all the other ingredients. Bring to boil. Boil in low temperature until there´s only about 2-3 dl liquid left (about one hour) and the texture is syrupy. Put through a sieve and preserve in clean jar or a bottle.

To make the latte:

Mix 4-8 cl (how ever sweet you like it) of blueberry syrup with 3 dl warm milk.

Tips:

-try oat milk for the latte, it tastes really nice, too

-make a tastier start for your day and mix syrup to your morning porridge or greek yoghurt

-you can also use the sypur for flavoring cakes and desserts

Enjoy!

Rakkaudella,

Paula