Iced Shaken Espresso Recipe

As the summer starts to rise heats, it feels that having an iced coffee in your hand can beat the sun more bearably. An iced shaken espresso recipe is a great way as it’s easy to make at home, but it is also very refreshing and satisfying. You can easily make this recipe at home in less than 5 minutes.

This shaken espresso recipe is an easy, tasty, foamy cold coffee that you might like, and you can also serve to your family and friends. If you want to make this recipe at your home, keep reading to learn more.

If you don’t know what is an iced shaken espresso? Then we will start first by learning this one.

What is an Iced Shaken Espresso?

As we need a little more caffeine in our lives and this iced shaken espresso is the perfect sweet and cool summertime drink. An iced shaken espresso contains one or two shots of espresso, syrup or sugar, ice, and shaken up in a cocktail shaker. And then poured over ice with a splash of milk added.

The added milk perfectly balances the drink and makes it an easygoing drink to enjoy whenever you want.

If we talk about the flavour of an iced shaken espresso, slightly sweet but with all the robust espresso flavours that come.

Kitchen Tools

The most important kitchen tool for this recipe is an espresso maker. You also require measuring spoons, a cocktail shaker and cups to serve the drink to your family or friends. If you don’t have a cocktail espresso, then you can shake this drink in a mason jar having a lid on it.

Required Ingredients

Espresso
Sweetener (You can use brown sugar, honey or chocolate syrup)
Flavouring (spices or vanilla extract)
Ice cubes for shaking
Large ices cubes to pour over
Milk of choice (You can use half and half or oat milk)

Use Big Ice Cubes

The large ice cubes melt slower than the smaller cubes which means your drink will be less watered down by melting ice. You can use silicone ice cube moulds to make a large ice cube in your freezer.

How to make Cold Foam?

You can top your shaken espresso drinks with cold foam. To make a cold foam, you can use a milk frother in a cold setting. If you don’t have a milk frother, then you can use other methods for making cold foam:

Use a handheld milk frother to whisk the cold milk into a jar with hand whisk.
You can also use a French press to pour milk into a French press and push the plunger up and down forcefully until the milk froths.
Use a glass jar to pour milk into a glass jar and shake forcefully until the milk froths.

Iced Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espresso

Ingredients

2oz shot of espresso
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2oz oat milk
Ice

Method

Brew your espresso over the brown sugar in a small mug. Now shake espresso over a piece of ice in a cocktail shaker. Then pour shaken espresso over fresh ice. Now it’s time to froth cold oat milk and pour the cold oat milk over the espresso drink.

Iced Chocolate Shaken Espresso

Ingredients

2oz shot of espresso
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
2oz half-and-half milk
Ice

Method

Brew your espresso in a small mug. Now shake espresso over a piece of ice in a cocktail shaker. Then pour shaken espresso over fresh ice. Now it’s time to froth cold half and half with the chocolate syrup and pour the chocolate cold foam over the espresso drink.

Iced Honey Vanilla Shaken Espresso

Ingredients

2oz shot of espresso
2 tablespoons honey
¼ tablespoons vanilla extract
Ice

Method

Brew your espresso over the honey and vanilla in a small mug. Now shake espresso over a piece of ice in a cocktail shaker. Then pour shaken espresso over fresh ice. Now it’s time to froth cold half and a half and pour the cold foam over the espresso drink.

Other Flavour Options

If you know the basic steps for making an iced shaken espresso recipe drink, you can also make all other kinds of recipes.

Plain Iced Shaken Espresso: – Only espresso, ice and milk of choice, your drink is ready to serve to your family or friends.

Iced Pumpkin Spice Shaken Espresso: – Just mix 2 tablespoons of homemade pumpkin spice shaken latte syrup into the warm espresso, then shake over ice and top with cold foam and added pumpkin pie spice.

FAQs

What can we use if we don’t have a cocktail espresso?

If you don’t have a cocktail espresso, then you can shake this drink in a mason jar having a lid on it.

What can we use if we don’t have a milk frother?

If you don’t have a milk frother, then you can use other methods for making cold foam:

Use a handheld milk frother to whisk the cold milk into a jar with hand whisk.
You can also use a French press to pour milk into a French press and push the plunger up and down forcefully until the milk froths.
Use a glass jar to pour milk into a glass jar and shake forcefully until the milk froths.