How To Easily Elevate Your Daily Coffee Game

Another day, another coffee! For those, like myself, who tend to drink coffee once or twice a day, it’s important to switch it up every once in a while. Yeah, there’s Starbucks but that could get expensive after my daily intake. With a few ingredients in your kitchen, you can make similar coffees for less – and experiment with them!

Lets switch up your daily caffeine intake with these different recipes I’ve compiled for you to keep your taste buds happy. 

Cold Brew and Almond Milk Latte by All Recipes 

Ingredients (by in All Recipes)

Servings: 2

• 4 cups room-temperature water
• ½ cup coarsely ground coffee beans
• 2 cups almond milk, or to taste 

Steps (by All Recipes)

• Combine water and coffee grounds in a large carafe. Stir and cover. Let sit at room temperature or in the refrigerator for 12 to 18 hours.

• Pour the coffee into a bottle through a coffee filter or cheesecloth to catch the grounds.

• Fill an ice cube tray with the cold-brewed coffee and freeze until cubes are set, 6 hours to overnight. Store frozen cubes in a resealable plastic bag until ready to use.

• Fill 1 glass with coffee ice cubes and top with almond milk.

Iced Latte by Smells Like Home 

Ingredients (by Smells Like Home)

Servings: 1 12oz iced latte

• 2 shots of brewed hot or cold espresso (approximately 2 oz)
• 8 oz milk (any variety)
• 2 oz liquid sweetener, such as a coffee syrup, maple syrup, caramel sauce, honey, or simple syrup

Steps (by Smells Like Home)

• Pour the espresso into a 16 oz glass filled with ice.
• Add the liquid sweetener to the glass.
• Pour milk into the glass and stir until the milk, sweetener, and espresso are combined.

Salted Caramel Cold Brew with Cold Foam by Coffee At Three

Ingredients (by Coffee At Three)

Servings: 1

Salted Caramel Cold Brew

• ¾ cup cold brew coffee or strong coffee
• 2 tablespoons caramel sauce
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ½ cup ice

Cold Foam

• ⅓ cup half & half
• 1 tablespoon simple syrup

Steps (by Coffee At Three)

• Make cold foam.

Put half & half and simple syrup into a French press and pump plunger up and down 40 times. The milk will nearly double in volume.

• Combine coffee, caramel sauce, and salt in a cocktail shaker. Shake well.

A cocktail shaker is the easiest to use but any airtight container can be used to shake the ingredients together. A jar with a tight lid or a wide-mouth water bottle will both work.

• Assemble drink.

Pour salted caramel coffee into a cup with ice and top with cold foam.

Photo courtesy to Smells Like Home.