Dark roast espresso, milk, and ice are the only 3 ingredients needed to make this refreshing Iced Latte Starbucks copycat. See how easy it is to recreate this caffeinated drink at home.

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Recipe Highlights
- Starbucks Iced Latte is a drink made with their signature dark espresso, ice, and milk. It doesn’t come sweetened unless you request it to be made with a simple syrup.
- This copycat drink recreates the Starbucks recipe using Starbucks espresso roast. The recipe makes a grande (16 ounces) Iced Latte.
- A latte has to be made with espresso, so to make this drink at home, use an espresso machine or a Nespresso.
- An Iced Latte is the base drink for a lot of Starbucks favorites like Iced Vanilla Latte (Iced Latte + Vanilla Syrup) and Iced Mocha (Iced Latte + Chocolate Syrup).
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Ingredient Notes

- Espresso
Use Starbucks Espresso Roast coffee beans or Nespresso Starbucks capsules in Espresso. You can also use any dark roasted coffee.
Whole beans: Starbucks Espresso Roast
Nespresso Original: Starbucks Espresso Roast
Nespresso Vertuo: Espresso Roast - 2% milk
Starbucks uses 2% milk for their Iced Lattes but you can use any milk you like including almond milk or oat milk. - Ice
Make ice using filtered water if possible for a better tasting drink.
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Step-by-Step Instructions

For full ingredients and instructions, scroll down to the recipe.
- Pour espresso into a cup.
Use a cup that can hold at least 16 ounces (2 cups). - Add milk.
- Top with ice.
Expert Tips
- To sweeten without adding flavors, use a simple syrup, which will mix into the drink the easiest. Use flavored simple syrups like vanilla to sweeten and flavor the drink.
- There are many ways to customize an Iced Latte. Use blonde espresso instead of a dark, swap out espresso shots with ristretto, or top off the drink with a vanilla sweet cream cold foam.
- If you don’t have an espresso machine or a Nespresso, you can use instant coffee, double-strength brewed coffee or cold brew, but it won’t have quite the same taste.
- Out of all espresso-based drinks, lattes are made with the most milk. If you want more of a coffee taste, use less milk or add another shot of espresso.
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Questions You May Have
There’s just 3 ingredients: milk, ice, and brewed espresso.
If you order a grande Iced Latte at Starbucks, it’ll contain 150 mg of caffeine.
At Starbucks, a tall (12 ounces) is made with just 1 espresso shot, a grande (16 ounces) has 2 espresso shots, and a venti is made with 3 espresso shots.
Nope, you’ll need to add syrups to sweeten.

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Starbucks Iced Latte Copycat
INGREDIENTS
- 2 espresso shots
- ¾ cup 2% milk
- 1 cup ice
INSTRUCTIONS
- Pour espresso and milk into a cup.Use a cup that can hold at least 16 ounces (2 cups).
- Top with ice.
EQUIPMENT
NOTES
- Use Starbucks Espresso Roast coffee beans or Nespresso Starbucks capsules in Espresso. You can also use any dark roasted coffee.
Whole beans: Starbucks Espresso Roast
Nespresso Original: Starbucks Espresso Roast
Nespresso Vertuo: Espresso Roast - Starbucks uses 2% milk for their Iced Lattes but you can use any milk you like including almond milk or oat milk.
- Make ice using filtered water if possible for a better tasting drink.
- To sweeten without adding flavors, use a simple syrup, which will mix into the drink the easiest. Use flavored simple syrups like vanilla to sweeten and flavor the drink.
- There are many ways to customize an Iced Latte. Use blonde espresso instead of a dark, swap out espresso shots with ristretto, or top off the drink with a vanilla sweet cream cold foam.
- If you don’t have an espresso machine or a Nespresso, you can use instant coffee, double-strength brewed coffee or cold brew, but it won’t have quite the same taste.
- Out of all espresso-based drinks, lattes are made with the most milk. If you want more of a coffee taste, use less milk or add another shot of espresso.