This sweet cream cold foam recipe is perfect to recreate your favorite Starbucks copycat cold brew coffee! Get your morning started right!
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If you are in love with the vanilla sweet cream cold brew coffee from Starbucks, you are in the right place! Making this sweet cream cold foam recipe will turn you into a Starbucks barista in no time, and for a fraction of the price!
Speaking of amazing Starbucks copycat recipes, be sure to check out this Pumpkin Cold Foam Recipe and Starbucks Pumpkin Sauce to make your pumpkin cold brew at home. You will also love this rich Cardamom Latte for your morning coffee fix.
Starbucks drinks with sweet cream cold foam are all the rage but sometimes you just don’t have time for that extra morning stop.
This vanilla sweet cream cold foam recipe helps you make the perfect homemade version at home with just a few easy ingredients!
Why this recipe works
- Iced coffee with sweet cream cold foam is the perfect way to start off the morning with some self-care and luxury that you deserve!
- You can make this cold foam recipe in less than 5 minutes! Hello time saver.
- Homemade sweet cream requires only three easy ingredients that you can keep on hand!
Ingredients
- Heavy Cream: Heavy cream or heavy whipping cream.
- Milk: You can use fat free, 1% 2%, whole or any alternative milk (almond milk, oat milk, cashew milk, pea milk, macadamia nut milk, etc.). Instead of a combination of heavy cream and a second milk, you can also use half and half.
- Vanilla Syrup: You can also use Demerara Syrup with a splash of vanilla extract.
- Cinnamon: Optional, you can sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Cold Brew Coffee: You can use a cold brew concentrate and mix with water or you can make coffee and refrigerate until cold.
How to make sweet cream cold foam
- Combine whipping cream, milk and vanilla syrup.
- Use handheld milk frother (or whisk) until fluffy and thick.
- Fill glass with ice and cold brew coffee.
- Top with cold foam and sprinkle with cinnamon (optional).
- Thickness: If you prefer a “foamier” lighter cold foam, you can alter ratio of heavy cream to milk. Increase the amount of regular milk and decrease heavy cream accordingly. If you prefer a more creamy think cold foam, omit the milk and just use heavy cream.
Substitutions for vanilla syrup
If you don’t have vanilla syrup, you can use a combination of sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract or vanilla extract combined with honey, maple syrup or agave.
How to make cold foam without heavy cream
You can make cold foam without heavy cream by substituting an alternative milk. The key to good cold foam is using a good frother and beating air into the milk so it is light and foamy like a cloud.
FAQ and expert tips
Sweet cream cold foam is a combination of heavy whipping cream, milk (a lighter fat version) and vanilla syrup. It is frothed into a light and cloudy topping for cold brew coffee.
Cold foam itself does not have caffeine. However, it is a typical topping for cold brew coffee which does have caffeine.
Yes, you can make cold foam using a combination of heavy whipping cream and almond milk.
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Sweet Cream Cold Foam Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
Sweet Cream Cold Foam
- ¼ cup heavy cream or heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoon 2% milk or alternative milk (see notes)
- 4-5 teaspoons vanilla syrup (see notes for substitutions)
- sprinkle cinnamon (optional)
Cold Brew Coffee
- 1 cup cold brew coffee
Instructions
Sweet Cream Cold Foam
- Combine whipping cream, milk and vanilla syrup.
- Use handheld milk frother (or whisk) until fluffy and thick.
Cold Brew Coffee with Cold Foam
- Fill glass with ice and cold brew coffee.
- Top with sweet cream cold foam and sprinkle with cinnamon (optional).
Notes
- Thickness: If you prefer a “foamier” lighter cold foam, you can alter ratio of heavy cream to milk. Increase the amount of regular milk and decrease heavy cream accordingly. If you prefer a more creamy think cold foam, omit the milk and just use heavy cream.
- Milk: You can use fat free, 1% 2%, whole or any alternative milk (almond milk, oat milk, cashew milk, pea milk, macadamia nut milk, etc.). Instead of a combination of heavy cream and a second milk, you can also use half and half.
- Vanilla Syrup: If you don’t have vanilla syrup, you can use a combination of sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract or vanilla extract combined with honey, maple syrup or agave.
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