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Café de Olla–Style Cinnamon Clove Latte

Strong coffee simmered with cinnamon, a hint of clove and dark brown sugar, then mellowed with frothy whole milk for a cozy, spiced and caramel-deep mug.

Café de Olla–Style Cinnamon Clove Latte

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 ml)260 gBrewed coffeefreshly brewed, strong
  • 1 cup (240 ml)220 gWhole milk
  • 1 tbsp packed14 gBrown sugarpacked
  • ¾ tsp6 gMolasses
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround cinnamondivided
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround cloves

Steps

  1. Brew the coffee strong and have it ready before you start.
  2. In a small pot, combine the coffee, brown sugar, molasses, cloves and three quarters of the cinnamon; whisk until the sugar dissolves.
  3. Bring the spiced coffee to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat and let it steep for 3 minutes, then take it off the heat.
  4. Meanwhile, warm the whole milk in a microwave-safe cup or a second small pan until steaming, about 2 minutes, and whisk or froth it until foamy.
  5. Stir any settled spice back into the spiced coffee and divide it between two mugs.
  6. Pour the hot frothed whole milk into each mug, spooning the foam on top.
  7. Dust the lattes with the remaining quarter of the cinnamon and serve hot.

Contains: Milk.

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

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