Vanilla sugar earns its place in a coffee routine faster than almost anything else you can add to a cup. Here are five ways to use it, starting with the easiest.
1. Stir it straight into your coffee
The simplest option. Swap your usual sugar for a spoonful of Dirty Vanilla in a black coffee, a flat white, or an Americano. The demerara base sweetens it while the vanilla and bourbon round out the bitterness.
2. Build a vanilla latte at home
Steam or heat your milk, stir a spoonful of vanilla sugar into it until dissolved, then pour over espresso or strong coffee. It gives you the flavour of a shop bought vanilla latte without the bottled syrup.
3. Sweeten cold brew
Sugar does not dissolve easily in cold liquid, so make a quick vanilla simple syrup: equal parts vanilla sugar and warm water, stirred until clear, then cooled. Add to iced coffee or cold brew to taste.
4. Finish whipped cream
Whisk a spoonful into cream before whipping for a topping on iced coffee, hot chocolate, or affogato. The vanilla comes through more clearly than with plain sugar.
5. Rim the glass on an iced coffee
The same technique used for cocktails works here. Wet the rim of a glass, dip it in vanilla sugar, then pour your iced coffee over. A small detail that makes a home made drink look considered.
Why bourbon vanilla
Dirty Vanilla is made with real vanilla beans, vanilla powder, and bourbon rather than a bottled extract, so the flavour is layered instead of one note. It is hand packed in London in small batches, granulated, not syrup.
Pick up a pouch, or go bigger with the 5 Pack if coffee is a daily habit.