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.
Recipe Highlights
- Starbucks Iced Latte is a drink made with their signature dark roast 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.
Step-by-Step Instructions
For full ingredients and instructions, scroll down to the recipe.
- Put espresso into a cup.
Use 2 Nespresso espresso pods or pull 2 shots from an espresso machine. - Add milk.
- Top with ice.
Using a Nespresso
The easiest way to make good quality espresso at home is with a Nespresso machine.
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2 shots of espresso = 2 Nespresso espresso capsules
To make this 16 ounce (grande) Starbucks Iced Latte drink, you’ll need 2 Nespresso Starbucks espresso capsules.
Starbucks makes their Iced Latte with their signature dark roast espresso so to recreate the drink, use the Starbucks Nespresso capsules:
Nespresso Starbucks Espresso Vertuo capsules
Nespresso Starbucks Espresso Original capsules
You can also use any 2 Nespresso espresso or ristretto capsules or 1 double espresso capsule but don’t use any of the 7.77 Vertuo coffee capsules.
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 the drink with vanilla sweet cream cold foam.
- If you don’t have an espresso machine or a Nespresso, you can use instant coffee. Combine 1 tablespoon of instant coffee and 1/4 cup hot water to replace the 2 shots of espresso in the recipe.
- 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 shots of espresso (2 Nespresso espresso capsules)
- ¾ cup 2% milk
- 1 cup ice
INSTRUCTIONS
- Put espresso into a cup.Use 2 Nespresso espresso pods or pull 2 shots from an espresso machine.
- Add milk and ice.
EQUIPMENT
NOTES
- Starbucks uses 2% milk for their Iced Lattes but you can use any milk you like including almond milk or oat milk.
- 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 the drink with vanilla sweet cream cold foam.
- If you don’t have an espresso machine or a Nespresso, you can use instant coffee. Combine 1 tablespoon of instant coffee and 1/4 cup hot water to replace the 2 shots of espresso in the recipe.
- 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.
Using A Nespresso Machine
- 1 shot of espresso = 1 Nespresso espresso capsule
- To make a 16 ounce (grande) Starbucks drink, you’ll need 2 Nespresso espresso or ristretto capsules. You can also use 1 Vertuo double espresso.
- With the Vertuo machine capsules, only use espresso capsules and not the coffee capsules that make 7.77 ounces.
- Recommended Nespresso capsules to make Starbucks drinks at home:
Nespresso Original: Starbucks Espresso Roast
Nespresso Vertuo: Espresso Roast