Drink · 5 min · Amounts not specified
Maple coffee milk
Hot or iced. Maple instead of sugar.
The sheet · 1 tall glass · 5 min
easyWhy tonight. Hot or iced. Maple instead of sugar.
What it needs
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- coffee
- milk
- maple
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: vanilla.
Method
- Cold brew or properly chilled coffee. Hot coffee poured over ice is diluted before it reaches the glass.
- Maple stirred into the coffee first while it is still a small volume, so it disperses.
- Milk poured over ice, coffee over that, and left in layers for a moment before stirring.
- A pinch of salt. Coffee, maple and salt together are the whole reason this beats a bottled iced latte.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
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An educational pour, not a reprint of a licensed spec. No allergen or alcohol-safety claim.
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Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- coffee
- Bitterness and roast, which is why it turns up in savory rubs as often as in dessert.
- milk
- Softness and a little sweetness.
- maple
- Sweetness with a mineral, slightly smoky edge that sugar does not have.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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