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Brown Sugar Vanilla Americano with Steamed Milk

A bold, clean Americano softened with a splash of warm whole milk, deep molasses-tinged brown sugar vanilla syrup and a whisper of cinnamon.

Brown Sugar Vanilla Americano with Steamed Milk

Ingredients

  • 4 shots120 gEspressofreshly pulled, 4 shots
  • 1¼ cups300 gWater
  • ⅓ cup (80 ml)100 gWhole milk
  • 1 tbsp packed14 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround cinnamon

Steps

  1. Make the syrup first: in a small pot, warm the brown sugar with 20 g of the water over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.
  2. Pour the remaining water into the pot with the syrup and bring it just to a simmer.
  3. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the vanilla and the cinnamon.
  4. Pull the espresso while the water heats, then divide the espresso between two mugs, half in each.
  5. Pour half of the hot vanilla water into each mug over the espresso.
  6. Warm the whole milk in the rinsed pot over medium-low heat until steaming, whisking briskly for light foam, about 2 minutes; do not boil.
  7. Spoon half of the warm milk into each mug and serve hot.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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