Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew (Starbucks Copycat Recipe)

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This refreshing cold brew coffee sweetened with caramel that’s topped with a salted caramel cold foam is surprisingly easy to make it at home, even the cold foam!

Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew in a cup with cold foam.

Homemade Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew

Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew is a Starbucks cold coffee drink made with ice, cold brew coffee, salted vanilla sweet cream, and caramel sauce.

To make cold brew, Starbucks steeps ground coffee in cold water for 20 hours. To get the flavor as close as possible to Starbucks, use their bottled cold brew. You can also use your favorite ground coffee to make cold brew at home using the same method.

The drink is topped with a lightly salted cold foam, making the drink sweet and salty.

Recipe Highlights

This copycat drink recreates the Starbucks recipe so it’s as close to their version as possible.
Perfect cold foam is easily made at home using a French press! It’s flavored with vanilla and salt to make it perfectly sweet and salty.
The recipe makes a grande (16 ounces) Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew.

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Ingredient Notes

Starbucks Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew copycat recipe ingredients.

Cold brew coffee: To get the flavor as close to Starbucks as possible, use Starbucks ground coffee. Make the cold brew the day before since it requires 12-24 hours of steep time.
Caramel sauce: I always use store-bought caramel sauce since making it at home is a pain.
Half & half: This is my shortcut to making cold foam since half & half is half cream and half milk, I can use one ingredient instead of two.
Vanilla syrup: Use store-bought or homemade vanilla syrup. This is added to the cold foam to make it a salted vanilla sweet cream cold foam.
Sea salt: This adds the salted part to salted caramel and it’s used in the cold foam only.
Ice: If possible, use filtered water to make ice.

For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Half and half, vanilla, and salt in a french press.

Step 1: Combine half & half, vanilla syrup, and salt in a French press. Pump the French press plunger.

This makes the vanilla sweet cream cold foam. Set aside.

Step 2: Pour caramel sauce into a cup.

Step 3: Add cold brew. Add ice.

French press blender poured into cup with coffee.

Step 4: Top drink with salted vanilla sweet cream cold foam. Stir before drinking.

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Expert Tips

If you don’t have a French press, you can shake the cold foam ingredients together in a cocktail shaker or a jar with a tight lid but it’ll take a little bit more work.
Another way to make cold foam at home is with an electric milk frother that has a cold setting.
The vanilla syrup and cold brew coffee can both be made ahead of time. The cold foam is best when it’s made right before assembling the drink.

Questions You May Have

What’s the difference between cold brew and iced coffee?

Cold brew coffee is made using cold water but iced coffee is made using hot coffee that’s cooled down.

Does cold brew and iced coffee have the same amount of caffeine?

There’s more caffeine in cold brew than iced coffee.

Can I make this drink with hot brewed coffee instead of cold brew?

You can, but it won’t taste exactly the same as using cold brew. Make strong, hot coffee, then cool it down in the refrigerator.

Starbucks Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew copycat recipe in a cup with cold foam.

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