A good iced cappuccino recipe is hard to resist – unfortunately, getting your daily cold caffeine fix can be a nightmare when the nearest coffee shop suffers from long lines or high prices.
Instead of dealing with the headaches and markup on commercial fast-food quality coffee, try your hand at this easy iced cappuccino recipe and create your own deliciously cool “must-have” treat!
Easy Step-by-Step Iced Cappuccino Recipe
1. Prepare Your Ingredients
To get closer to the true cappuccino experience you will want real espresso – fresh and hot. Other iced capp fans prefer cold-brewed coffee which generally takes a few hours to brew and must be prepared in advance. An economical alternative is instant coffee granules, but you’ll need to experiment to see how much is appropriate for your tastes.
While your espresso or coffee is brewing, grab some milk (skim, whole, soy, doesn’t matter), gather your favorite iced cappuccino recipe flavorings or syrups, and be ready with ice and a shaker (or blender) standing by.
2. Flavor and Mix
If you use any thick or syrupy flavoring, put it in your cup first. You may want to use a mixing container that can handle a hot shot of espresso, because you’re going to pour the fresh shot right on top of the syrup to dissolve it. Next comes the cold milk or cream (the amount is totally up preference, some choose to use twice as much milk as espresso) – this cools the espresso so that the mixture won’t melt the ice.
As you can guess, you fill the rest of the cup with ice and give it a shake, stir, or a whirl in the blender.
(Note: the recommended order of preparation doesn’t matter with a cold-brew or instant mix.)
Does the end product look, smell, and taste great? If so, you have successfully learned how to make iced cappuccino!
For an even easier caffeine fix, check out this iced cappuccino recipe made from cold coffee, chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and other tasty goodies – if you’ve ever had a Tim Hortons ice capp, you’ll recognize the taste of this recipe instantly. This Tim Hortons iced cappuccino recipe clone is a great introduction into the world of frozen coffees.
You can adapt almost any hot cappuccino flavor into an iced cappuccino recipe, but you have to change one (very big) detail…
Did you know that those “iced capp” drinks at the local coffee shop are not technically cappuccinos at all? That’s right – a true capp is made with steamed milk, but putting hot milk or froth over ice is never a good idea.
Therefore, in reality, every time you order an iced capp you’re actually getting an iced latte. But does this little nitpicky detail really matter? Of course not – a great iced cappuccino recipe still tastes just as sweet by any other name.
