Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew (Starbucks Copycat Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

What is Starbucks vanilla sweet cream made of? ›

Starbucks batch mixes this creamer so there are no gums or thickeners, and yet the resulting sweet cream is still velvety. A short internet search will quickly give you Starbucks' recipe for sweet cream at home: heavy cream, 2% milk, and their vanilla syrup.

The Starbucks recipe also includes 2 pumps of vanilla syrup. Sweet cream cold foam is a mixture of heavy whipping cream, 2% milk, and vanilla syrup. It comes as a pre-mixed base and is blended into a fluffy texture that sits on top of your drink.

Cold brew starts with coarse ground coffee that's cold-steeped in cool filtered water, usually anywhere from 12–24 hours. It's time rather than heat that extracts the flavor, caffeine and sugars from the coffee beans. This creates lower acidity and the naturally smooth, sweet taste it's known for.

Whipped cream is generally made by literally whipping up heavy cream while cold foam is made by whipping up non-fat milk. Taking Starbucks as an example, they add a little vanilla syrup to both their cold foam and whipped cream toppers. A serving of Starbucks cold foam has 35 calories and zero grams a fat.

To sum up: cold foam is a subtle cold-drink topper that's lower in fat and sugar and provides a little extra texture and milkiness. Sweet cream is a heavier, creamier, vanilla-flavored option for some extra richness and sweetness that can be added to hot or cold drinks.

The Vanilla Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew makes our list for being a healthy option. A grande of this drink contains only 70 calories, 4 grams of sugar, and a whopping 265 milligrams caffeine, per Starbucks. If you want a massive caffeine hit for limited calories and minimal grams of sugar, this is the drink for you.

While some drinks come with cold foam on top as standard, such as some of its flavored cold brews, customers can opt to add it to other cold drinks for $1.25. The price stays the same regardless of whether you order Starbucks' biggest drink size, at 30 fluid ounces, or smallest, at 12 fluid ounces.

At Starbucks, this drink is made in grand size. It is made with cold brew, ice, a splash or two of sweet cream, and 3 pumps of vanilla syrup.

What's included. Our slow-steeped custom blend of Starbucks® Cold Brew coffee accented with vanilla and topped with a delicate float of house-made vanilla sweet cream that cascades throughout the cup. It's over-the-top and super-smooth.

Since cold brew coffee is cold sugar doesn't dissolve in it easily. To sweeten your cold brew, use an easy homemade simple syrup (in the recipe directions below), or sweeten it with a touch of honey, some maple syrup, or a few drops of liquid stevia.

Does Starbucks put sugar in their cold brew? ›

Nariño 70 Cold Brew: Starbucks smooth small-batch cold coffee, slow-steeped for 20 hours, has fewer than 5 calories and 0 grams of sugar. Add a splash of 2 percent milk (25 calories, 2 grams of sugar) to bring a creamy side to its chocolaty, citrusy flavor.

As a Barista at Starbucks the sweet cream is made in pitchers. 1liter of heavy cream 350 milliliters of vanilla and the rest is 2% milk. Every pitcher is 2 liters and the recipe is made in this exact order. Not any other way.

Starbucks Ca Beverages Coffee Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew Grande (473 ml) contains 14g total carbs, 14g net carbs, 6g fat, 1g protein, and 110 calories.

If you order this the regular way ("Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew") you'll get the full sugar vanilla syrup it's made with, so if you'd like the low carb/low sugar option, you need to ask for "sugar free vanilla".

Unlike traditional vanilla ice cream, which is flavored with vanilla extract, sweet cream ice cream is made using a base mixture of cream, milk, sugar, and sometimes eggs. The absence of vanilla allows the pure, sweet flavor of the cream to shine through, resulting in a rich and creamy taste that is beloved by many.

The Sweet Cream is made with a mixture of heavy cream, 2% milk, and vanilla syrup {1/5 is made of heavy cream}.