stand for up to 10 minutes, out comes the essential oils and up goes the flavor.
You can replace the milk with sugar syrup (say, 500ml water and 500g sugar dissolved by heating the stirred mixture slowly) and use this over stewed fruits, ice cream (or to make your own ice cream), thicken it with agar agarorgelatine to make a soft jellyoradd lemon juice and turn it into a lemon spread with the pectin.