Description
Homemade Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew is a smooth, café-style iced coffee made with bold cold brew and topped with a rich, silky vanilla sweet cream. It’s an easy Starbucks-inspired recipe that’s perfect for warm mornings or an afternoon coffee break.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp 2% milk or whole milk
- 3 tbsp pure vanilla syrup (or 2 tbsp simple syrup + 1 tsp pure vanilla extract)
- 2 cups cold brew coffee concentrate (diluted to taste or store-bought cold brew)
- 1–2 tbsp vanilla syrup (optional, for sweetening the coffee)
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- In a glass measuring cup or small pitcher, whisk together the heavy whipping cream, milk, and vanilla syrup for 20 to 30 seconds, or froth briefly with a milk frother until slightly thickened but still pourable.
- Fill two tall glasses with ice cubes. Pour 1 cup of cold brew coffee into each glass. Stir in 1 tablespoon of vanilla syrup per glass if you prefer a sweeter coffee.
- Slowly pour the vanilla sweet cream over the cold brew, allowing it to cascade through the coffee. Stir lightly if desired and serve immediately.
Notes
For the best flavor, use freshly made cold brew steeped for 12 to 16 hours. Froth the sweet cream just until slightly thickened—avoid whipping it into stiff peaks. Adjust the sweetness to your taste with extra vanilla syrup.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 35mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 50mg