London Fog

Recipe notes & preparation tips

Oregon Mist: Replace the Earl Grey tea with green tea and the vanilla syrup with amaretto; popularized by the Glenwood restaurants in Eugene, Oregon.

Manchester Fog: Replace the milk with soy milk.

Dublin Fog: Replace the Earl Grey tea with Irish breakfast tea.

Bangalore Fog: Replace the Earl Grey tea with a chai tea blend; created by Kavya Raman at Roosters Coffeehouse, Carleton University, Ottawa ON; also known as a Bombay Fog (coined in Concordia-Loyola's Second Cup, Montreal, QC).

Atlantic City Fog: Replace the Earl Grey tea with with rose tea; created by Alexis V. Juneau at MCB Quantico, Quantico, Virginia.

Winter Fog: Reduce the vanilla syrup and add clover honey to taste.

Maui Fog: Replace the vanilla syrup with coconut syrup.

Tokyo Fog: Replace the Earl Grey tea with matcha green tea.

Cape Town Fog: Replace the Earl Grey tea with rooibos tea

Nanaimo Mist: Replace the vanilla syrup with almond syrup; accredited to Ravenna.

Oxford Haze: Replace the Earl Grey tea with English breakfast tea and the vanilla syrup with hazelnut syrup.

Victoria Fog: Replace the Earl Grey tea with lavender-scented tea.

Montreal Fog: Replace the Earl Grey tea with yerba mate, and add hazelnut syrup.

London Smog: Add a shot of espresso.

Mexican Fog: Replace the vanilla syrup with agave syrup.

Halifax Fog: Replace the vanilla syrup with Nova Scotian maple syrup.

Savannah Fog: Replace the vanilla syrup with lavender syrup.

Seattle Fog: soy misto (½ water, ½ soy, steamed) with 2 pumps of vanilla syrup and one pump of hazelnut syrup, in 2 bags of Earl Grey Tea.

Durban Fog: A cross between a Cape Town Fog and a Bangalore Fog; basically the same as a London Fog, but replacing Earl Grey with Rooibos Tea and adding a pinch of tea masala.

Fog on the Tyne: Variation on the London Fog; start with a cup of hot milk, add a heaped spoonful of sugar, drop in an Earl Grey tea bag, and let it diffuse directly into the milk for 30–60 seconds.