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Learn how to make a Maple Vanilla Sea Salt latte at home. This tasty and healthy coffee drink only has a few wholesome ingredients and can be made hot or iced.
Maple Vanilla Sea Salt Latte, or as I’ve been referring to it, the Maple Van S Latte. It’s a new fave around the Ramsey home and for good reason (or reasons, because there are a few)!
I love experimenting with lattes, not crazy flavors like anything fruity, but whenever we’re out at a coffee shop I always take note to a few of the flavors they offer and then try to recreate my own, usually with a healthy twist, and my Maple Van S Latte is definitely one of my best concoctions.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
Budget friendly – I enjoy going out for coffee but coffee shops rack up the price of this deliciously simple drink, so learn how to make it at home for a fraction of the cost.
Wholesome ingredients – espresso and collagen both have health factors, as well as sea salt, and you’re using maple syrup to sweeten it instead of store-bought syrups.
Easy to make – takes less than 5 minutes!
What You’ll Need
Whole coffee or espresso beans
1 scoop Perfect Supplement Collagen
Splash of maple syrup
Splash of vanilla (homemade simple syrup, vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste)
Your choice of milk, I prefer oat or raw
Pinch of sea salt
Health Benefits with This Recipe
The first healthy twist in this recipe is the added collagen, we recently started getting ours from Perfect Supplements (this link will save you 10% on every order) and it’s probably the best we’ve tried so far – it dissolves fully into any liquid (hot or cold), it’s flavorless and has really high standards. Do your research on collagen for all the benefits, but the ones we tend to linger on are that collagen helps with your joints, skin and hair.
And an added bonus to adding 1 scoop of Perfect Supplements Collagen is how fluffy it makes your lattes! It only adds to the foam and beauty of frothed milk. I either add it to the espresso (like in photo) or I add it to the milk before frothing, either makes it so much better!
One of the other health benefits is the sea salt and all you need is a little pinch. Again, do a basic google search on the benefits of sea salt, but my main reason for adding it to my food and lattes is hormone support (and it’s tasty!). I’ve read about sea salt for a while now and have been incorporating it in different ways for years, but in doing more recent research, especially in this season of being in between kids (hoping for a 3rd soon!), I have been taking a deeper look into not only the initial benefits but the lasting and overall benefits for my entire body. The brand I’ve continued to use and now recommend is Jacobsen’s Salt.
The third health benefit to this latte is the maple syrup, did you know it’s a healthy choice? Especially when used as a sweetener, maple syrup can serve our bodies with antioxidants and other nutrients. It’s a better option than granulated or processed sugar or store-bought simple syrups. We often get our maple syrup from a local farm but when we don’t we order it via Thrive Market. Thrive is an online grocery store where most items can be up to 40% off compared to a local or chain grocery store – I get most of our baking supplies and kid snacks via Thrive! If you click here you can save 40% on your first order. One of our favorites to order is their Infused Maple Syrup Cinnamon and Vanilla Bean, it’s amazing and you can add it into anything – lattes, oatmeal, pancakes, everything!
Okay y’all, besides the health benefits, this latte is just DELICIOUS! So you must give it a try. Whether you have an espresso machine, stove-top percolator, Nespresso machine, a handheld frother or heat your milk in the microwave, you can make this latte!
I started drinking decaf espresso earlier this past year and it’s honestly been one of the best changes I’ve made (another healthy choice). My daily stress levels are down, I’m more patient with my littles, I don’t get shaky or feel like my brain is on overdrive. We tend to prefer a medium to dark coffee bean in our espresso machine, so lately we’ve using Colectivo’s Decaf Dark Sumatran, it gives this latte a dark chocolatey taste!
How to Make an Iced Mocha Latte
Step One: pull your shot(s) of espresso and pour over scoop of collagen in mug
Step Two: mix well and add splash of maple syrup and vanilla
Step Three: froth milk and pour over espresso
Step Four: sprinkle sea salt on top
Sip and enjoy! I hope you read through this post, all the health swaps and our recent changes for added health benefits. If you have any questions about products listed, send an email.
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