Clare Coghill

Latte Òr

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    a jar

    of latte spice
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      5 min

Appears in
Cafe Cùil Cookbook: Recipes from the Isle of Skye
Cafe Cùil Cookbook

By Clare Coghill

Published 2025

  • About

This is another wonderful creation by Soña, my friend and head barista at Café Cùil. She wanted to create a spicy winter warmer for those who don’t fancy coffee, and so the Latte Òr was created. Òr is Gaelic for ‘gold’, and I think you’ll know why we named it that! It’s also delicious made with oat milk.

Ingredients

For the latte spice mix

  • 2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 2 tsp caster sugar
  • ½ <

Method

  1. Get a small clean jar and add the turmeric, sugar, ginger and nutmeg. Close the jar and shake vigorously, until the spices are combined.
  2. To make a latte, pour the milk into a small pot and add a heaped teaspoon of your spice mix and the vanilla syrup. Put over a medium heat, whisking to stop the spices burning. The golden turmeric colour will develop as the mil