Not to be too dramatic, but nothing tastes better on a warm morning than a cool iced coffee. And as something of an iced coffee aficionado, it's safe to say that these are the supreme iced coffee recipes to make at home. Sorry, Dunks. There's a new iced coffee recipe in town.
Classic and Easy Iced Coffee Recipe
Whether it's fashion or food and drink, the classics are classics for a reason. And nothing is more classic than a traditional iced coffee. It's nothing fancy - just pure, chilly goodness.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 8-10 ounces chilled coffee
- 1 ounce cream or half & half
- Sugar, to taste
Instructions
- Fill a highball or rocks glass with ice.
- Add enough coffee to fill the glass ¾ full.
- Add cream and sugar.
- Stir to mix.
Easy Dairy-Free Iced Coffee Recipe
No dairy? No problem. You can still indulge in the soul-quenching beverage known as iced coffee.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 8-10 ounces chilled coffee
- 1-1½ ounces soy, almond, or coconut milk
Instructions
- Fill a highball glass or pint glass with ice.
- Fill the glass ¾ full with coffee.
- Add your nondairy milk of choice.
- Stir to mix.
Caramel Iced Coffee
Sweet, perfect, gentle caramel. A caramel iced coffee is proof that two flavors can work together without one dominating the other. Opt for a thinner caramel syrup, or else you're going to want to shake warm coffee with the caramel syrup in a cocktail shaker to mix it well before pouring it over the ice.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 8-10 ounces chilled coffee
- ½ ounce caramel syrup, to taste
- 1 ounce creamer
Instructions
- Fill a rocks or highball glass with ice.
- Fill the glass ¾ full of coffee.
- Add caramel syrup and creamer.
- Stir to mix.
Helpful Hack
If you make coffee ice cubes, you'll have an iced coffee that never ends up watered down.
Mocha Iced Coffee
There are two perfect ways to make a mocha iced coffee. One involves chocolate syrup and the other chocolate milk. And if you love, love, love chocolate - why not use both?
Ingredients
- Ice
- 8-10 ounces chilled coffee
- ½ ounce chocolate syrup and 2 ounces creamer OR 2 ounces chocolate milk
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add ice, coffee, chocolate syrup, and creamer.
- Shake well to mix.
- Pour into rocks glass.
Cold Brew Iced Latte
So it might be latte in name only, but if you know cold brew, you know that it kicks somewhere between coffee and espresso. So it's pretty darn close to a latte.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 6-8 ounces cold brew coffee
- 2 ounces milk
Instructions
- Fill a rocks glass with ice.
- Add cold brew and milk.
- Stir to mix.
Quick Tip
Use equal parts milk with flavored creamer or add a splash of flavored syrup for a flavorful cold brew latte experience. Whatever floats your iced coffee boat!
Vanilla Iced Coffee
Vanilla is misunderstood, but don't worry, we understood you and why you love vanilla iced coffee. We see you. No vanilla syrup? Use vanilla creamer. Or use both vanilla syrup and vanilla creamer.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 8-10 ounces chilled coffee
- ¾ ounce vanilla syrup
- 1 ounce creamer, to taste
Instructions
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Fill to ¾ full with coffee.
- Add vanilla syrup and creamer.
- Stir to mix.
Helpful Hack
Consider this: a small scoop of soft vanilla ice cream.
Iced Americano Coffee
Technically, it's a form of iced coffee but, also, technically, this is espresso. Iced coffee doesn't play by the rules.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 2 ounces espresso
- 1 ounce cold water
Instructions
- Fill a small glass with ice.
- Add espresso and cold water.
- Stir briefly to mix.
Frozen Iced Coffee Smoothie
Quick and easy, you can have your iced coffee doubly cold. Pro tip: add a peeled, frozen banana to the blender to take this to the next level.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups ice
- 1 frozen banana, peeled and roughly sliced (optional)
- 8-10 ounces chilled coffee
- 2 ounces creamer
- Sugar, to taste
Instructions
- In a blender, add all the ingredients.
- Blend until smooth or desired consistency.
- Pour into a glass.
- Sip and feel your soul be at peace.
Iced Frappé
Sometimes called a Greek frappe, other times called by its full name frappé coffee, or even Nescafe frappé, instant coffee meets water meets milk meets ice meets your tastebuds.
Thai Iced Coffee
Indulge in an iced coffee that's sweet, rich, and oh-so-perfect.
Ingredients
- Crushed or pebble ice
- 8-10 ounces chilled coffee
- 2 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 ounce evaporated milk OR heavy cream
Instructions
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Fill the glass ¾ full with coffee.
- Add condensed milk and evaporated milk.
- Stir well to mix.
Iced Coffee Flavor Ideas
How can you add flavor to your iced coffee? I'm glad you asked. Grab a notebook or screenshot this list.
- Flavored creamers
- Flavored coffee
- Flavored coffee syrups
- Cocktail bitters
- Flavored simple syrup
- Nonalcoholic spirits
- Chocolate, caramel, or fruit syrups
- Drop in a scoop of partially melted ice cream
- Use flavored ice cubes (freezing flavored syrups, coffee, or creamer)
Iced Coffee Recipes for the Soul
If chicken noodle soup is food for the soul, then iced coffee is the drink for the soul. And the heart. I can't be the only one realizing they might have an iced coffee problem. And by problem, I mean intense love. After all, there is no limit to what an iced coffee can fix.
