Iced Latte Recipe: How to Make an Iced Latte at Home in 3 Minutes

The iced latte is the Gulf’s favourite summer coffee, and it is easier than you might think. This recipe shows how to make an iced latte at home in simple steps, with flavour ideas and tips to make it taste like the café.

What Is an Iced Latte?

An iced latte is simply a latte served cold: espresso with cold milk and ice, without hot foam. In contrast to an iced cappuccino, it is milder and has more milk.

Ingredients (one glass)

• One shot of espresso, or one teaspoon of gold instant coffee
• 30 ml of hot water (if using instant coffee)
• 150 to 200 ml of cold milk
• Ice
• A stevia sachet or any sweetener, if you like

Iced Latte Recipe: Step by Step

1. First, dissolve the gold coffee in 30 ml of hot water, or brew the espresso.
2. If you want it sweet, dissolve a stevia sachet in the hot coffee now.
3. Then fill a tall glass with ice and add the cold milk.
4. Finally, pour the coffee slowly over the milk, stir and enjoy.

Flavour Ideas

• Iced vanilla latte: add a few drops of vanilla extract.
• Iced Spanish latte: add a spoon of condensed milk. See the Spanish latte recipe.
• Iced cardamom latte: use a cardamom stevia sachet for a Gulf twist.
• Iced matcha latte: no coffee, with matcha instead. See the iced matcha latte recipe.

Tips for a Café-Style Iced Latte

• Dissolve the coffee and sweetener in hot water first, because cold milk does not dissolve them well.
• Freeze coffee into ice cubes, so the drink does not get watery as the ice melts.
• Use full-fat milk for a smoother texture.
• On very hot days, also chill the glass in the fridge before you start.

Iced Latte Measurements by Glass Size

A good starting point. Add a shot if you like the coffee stronger, or more milk for a softer drink.

Size	Coffee	Cold milk	Ice
Small (about 240 ml)	1 espresso shot, or 1 tsp gold instant coffee in 30 ml hot water	150 ml	½ cup
Medium (about 350 ml)	2 shots, or 2 tsp gold instant coffee in 60 ml hot water	200 ml	1 cup
Large (about 470 ml)	3 shots, or 3 tsp gold instant coffee	280 ml	A full cup

How Many Calories Are in an Iced Latte?

Coffee itself has almost no calories, so most come from the milk and any sweetener. A medium glass with 200 ml of whole milk has about 125 calories and around 10 g of the milk’s natural sugar (lactose). Each teaspoon of sugar adds about 4 g of sugar and 16 calories. For a lighter glass, use low-fat milk and sweeten with a stevia sachet instead of sugar or syrup. To see how your daily drinks add up, try our sugar calculator.

Common Iced Latte Mistakes

• Sugar will not dissolve: it barely dissolves in cold milk, so stir it into the coffee while it is still hot.
• Watery taste: hot coffee melts the ice fast. Let the coffee cool for a minute, or use frozen coffee cubes.
• Weak coffee flavour: use at least two shots in a medium or large glass, because milk and ice dilute it.
• Clumpy instant coffee: dissolve it in a little hot water first, not straight into cold milk.

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