A cold and refreshing iced Mexican coffee made with cinnamon, chocolate syrup, and cloves. It’s sweet with a spicy kick!
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About This Iced Mexican Coffee Recipe
- Mexican coffee is a flavored coffee drink made with chocolate and cinnamon.
- This recipe kicks up the spice notes with cloves and the drink is topped with easy-to-make fresh cream topping.
- If you love sweet and spicy together, this is the drink for you.
- Any strong brewed coffee will work including coffee made in Keurig and Nespresso machines.
Love flavored coffee? Try Iced Vanilla Latte, Whipped Mocha, Iced Mocha, and Brown Sugar Iced Coffee.
Ingredient Notes
- Strong brewed coffee: Any coffee that’s made strong works including cold brew and brewed coffee in a coffee machine.
- Ground cinnamon: The spice that makes the drink Mexican coffee.
- Ground cloves: Gives it an extra spice kick.
- Chocolate syrup: What makes the drink sweet.
- Milk: Use any kind of milk you prefer.
- Ice: To make the drink nice and cold.
- Heavy cream: To make the cream topping.
- Sugar: To sweeten the cream topping.
For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Combine coffee, cinnamon, cloves, and chocolate syrup. Mix well.
- Add milk.
- Make cream topping.
Whisk heavy cream and sugar using a handheld milk frother until it thickens. This should take just a few seconds. - Assemble drink.
Pour flavored coffee into a cup with ice. Spoon on cream topping.
Serving Suggestions
To dress up the drink, top off the whipped cream with a dusting of ground cinnamon and sea salt.
Stir before drinking.
Coffee Options
- Strong coffee made in a coffee machine
Use 2-3 tablespoons of ground coffee to make one cup of coffee in a drip coffee machine. Pop it in the freezer for 15 minutes to quickly cool it down for the iced drink. - Cold brew
Cold brew coffee tastes great in Mexican coffee but it does require a bit more time. See how to make it so it comes out perfect each time. - Espresso
If you have an espresso machine, put in a shot or two of espresso and combine it with the spices and milk. - Keurig or Nespresso
Make strong coffee by using one pod or capsule to make just half a cup by adjusting the setting.
Questions You May Have
Cold brew is my go-to for making iced coffee drinks. Make a batch and you’ll have coffee ready in the refrigerator anytime you want to make a flavored drink.
Yes! If you don’t have ground cloves, add more ground cinnamon. The cloves aren’t 100% necessary but the cinnamon is.
Use a dairy-free milk to make the drink and don’t make the cream topping which is made of heavy cream.
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Easy Iced Mexican Coffee
INGREDIENTS
- ½ cup strong coffee
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon + more for optional garnish
- 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
- ¼ cup milk
- ¾ cup ice
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt optional garnish
Cream Topping
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon sugar
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine coffee, cinnamon, cloves, and chocolate syrup. Mix well.Stir together, making sure the ground spices are well mixed in.
- Pour milk into the spiced coffee.
- Make cream topping.Whisk heavy cream and sugar using a handheld milk frother until it thickens. This should take just a few seconds.
- Assemble drink. Pour flavored coffee into a cup with ice. Spoon on cream topping.
- Optional: Garnish with a dusting of ground cinnamon and sea salt.
Thank you for the recipe. I really like how you made a simple coffe drink as well as your instructions. It was fun to make as well as so flavorful!! This is exactly the kind of recipe I was looking for.
Loved it!! I will be making this often. Thanks for the recipe.