Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew Recipe – An Amazing Starbucks Dupe!

This salted caramel cream cold brew recipe is delicious, tasty and is a perfect Starbucks copycat recipe as we show you how to replicate that same tasty drink that costs you about six bucks (location and size depending) at the world’s most popular coffee shop!

Keep reading for a tasty and very easy-to-make recipe!

Best Salted Caramel Cold Brew Recipe

The total time that it should take you to make this Salted caramel cold brew recipe is approximately 24 hours and 5 minutes.

The 5 minutes is all it takes to make the tasty and rather delightful topping. Your cold brew coffee base, the main part of this beverage, takes 24 hours, perhaps a little longer, to extract.

….And there are no shortcuts, no cheats, and most certainly no hacks to reduce the long extraction time. This is the very nature of cold brew coffee. It uses time instead of heat to extract the delicious low temperature compounds.

Brewing it hot and adding ice to cool your coffee is a cold coffee; it’s not cold-brewed, it’s hot brewed and extracts the high temperature compounds and produces a different tasting coffee.

A cold brew is smooth, low acid, well-rounded with no bitterness at all. To get all the best low temperature flavor compounds you must brew your coffee at a low temperature.

Your patience will pay off.

Read: Dunkin salted caramel cold brew calories

Salted Caramel Cold Brew Starbucks – Making The Coffee

In my experience of trying various Starbucks outlets, only some of the bigger outlets have their Nariño 70 cold brew pitcher packs for sale. It’s hit-and-miss; some do, some don’t. You will find it on Amazon, eBay, Target and Walmart.

The caramel syrup is sold by their outlets and from the aforementioned places online and in their shops.

Ingredients Recap:

• 2x Starbucks Nariño 70 Cold Brew Pitcher Packs.
• 48 Ounces (1,440 ml) Ice Cold Bottled Or Filtered Water.
• 1 Oz (30 ml, 2 Tablespoons) Starbucks Caramel Syrup.

You’ll need a glass airtight container that is approximately 1.5 liters (50 Oz).

While cold brew coffee is 60% less acidic than other coffees, it is still acidic which means it will extract and draw out aluminum, copper, stainless steel and the unhealthy chemicals from a plastic, stainless steel, and copper and aluminum container respectively.

Add two of your Starbucks Nariño 70 cold brew pitcher packs to your airtight glass container and add 48 Oz (1,440 ml) of bottled, ice-cold water.

Store your container for 24 hours in your fridge while it extracts.

After 24 hours, check your brew and run a taste test. If it is perfect, remove the pitcher packs to end the brewing process. If you forget or fail to remove them, they will continue to brew, and your coffee will eventually become over brewed.

If your cold brew coffee is not perfectly brewed, simply leave it for a couple of hours more to extract and then taste test again.

Add 1 Oz (30 ml, 2 tablespoons) of Starbucks caramel syrup to the bottom of a glass and pour 16 Oz of cold brew coffee and stir well to mix the flavors and get an even distribution.

Read: Starbucks salted caramel cold brew calories

Salted Cream Cold Foam Recipe – Making The Tasty Topping

The tasty caramel cream cold foam topping is very easy to make and can be made in less than 5 mins.

You can make a batch and refroth, re-fluff it before adding it to your coffee or make it fresh.

Using the best quality ingredients will get you the best results and the most delicious topping.

Here is what you will need:

• 20 ml (⅔ Oz) Heavy cream.
• 20 ml (⅔ Oz) 2% Milk.
• 15 ml (½ Oz, 1 Tablespoon) Of Vanilla Syrup.
• A Pinch Of Sea Salt.

Add your ingredients to your blender and blend them at a low speed for 30 seconds, a medium speed for a further 30 seconds and finally blend at a high speed for 30 seconds.

Pour your cold foam topping over the back of a tablespoon to diffuse the pour and into your caramel cold brew coffee.

Optional, decorate with a drizzle of caramel sauce.

Alternatively you can froth your cold foam with a milk frother.

Add your ingredients to a tall glass and blend well by inserting your electric handheld milk frother to the bottom of the glass and froth evenly and slowly. Move your milk frother evenly and slowly from the bottom to the top of your glass and back again.

After approximately one minute your milk will be perfectly frothed. Pour your cold foam topping over the back of a tablespoon and into your cold brew coffee. Optional, add a drizzle of caramel sauce to decorate.

You can also use your trusted French press. Add all your ingredients to your French press and mix well for about 20 seconds.

Close your French press and pump the plunger for approximately one minute or until the volume doubles.

Pour over the back of a tablespoon and onto your cold brew coffee. Pouring over the back of a tablespoon helps to diffuse the pour and helps it to sit on top of your drink a little better.

Another technique that can be used is adding the ingredients for your cold foam topping to a mason jar or cocktail shaker and shaking with vigor for 60 seconds.

This helps to mix the ingredients well and aerate it making it frothy and fluffy.

Pour it into your beverage by first pouring over the back of a tablespoon.

Drizzle with caramel sauce to decorate.

Read: Salted caramel cream cold brew

Starbucks Salted Caramel Cold Foam Calories

The number of calories that are in all four drink sizes, Tall, Grande, Venti and Trenta in a Starbucks salted caramel cold foam is as follows:

• Tall 12 Oz (360 ml): 190 calories.
• Grande 16 Oz (480 ml): 240 calories.
• Venti 24 Oz (720 ml): 270 calories.
• Trenta 30 Oz (900 ml): 300 calories.

Comparing this to the same drink at Dunkin and their salted caramel cold brew coffee, which is available in three drink sizes, Small, Medium and Large, is as follows:

• Small 10 Oz (300 ml): 190 calories.
• Medium 14 Oz (420 ml): 240 calories.
• Large 20 Oz (600 ml): 340 calories.

It can be clearly seen that the two smaller drink sizes of a Tall 12 Oz (360 ml) and a Grande 16 Oz (480 ml) have the same calories count, respectively, as the two smaller drink sizes at Dunkin, the Small 10 Oz (300 ml) and Medium 14 Oz (420 ml).

Frequently Asked Questions About Salted Caramel Cold Brew Recipe

What Does Starbucks Use To Make Their Cold Brew?

Starbucks uses their signature Starbucks Nariño 70 Cold Brew coffee to make their cold brew coffee.

It’s a mix of coffee beans from the Nariño region in Colombia and East African coffee beans. The “70” represents the percentage of Nariño beans used. Which East African country and specific region in the country or countries the remaining 30% is from is a closely guarded secret by the coffee conglomerate.

What Does Starbucks Use For Cold Foam?

To make their cold foam, Starbucks uses nonfat milk and blends it in a high speed bladeless blender, their Verismo blender.

Is Starbucks Cold Brew Actually Cold Brew?

Yes, Starbucks cold brew is actually cold brew coffee. It’s brewed at a low temperature, and as a concentrate, to extract the low temperature compounds.

At the outlets they add water to dilute the concentrate. The batches of cold brew concentrate are made daily.

What Is The Difference Between Starbucks Cold Brew And Iced Coffee?

The difference between cold brew coffee and iced coffee is the temperature at which they are brewed and the coffee to water ratio.

A cold brew coffee is brewed using a 1:8 coffee to water ratio and at a low temperature, typically brewed in the fridge.

Iced coffee, despite the name, is hot brewed coffee that is instantly chilled with ice. The typical coffee to water ratio is 1:16.

Is Starbucks Cold Brew Real Coffee?

Yes, Starbucks cold brew coffee is real coffee. It tastes very different as it is smooth, well-balanced, low in acidity and with no bitter notes at all. This is due to the brewing process extracting the low temperature compounds and the long extraction process.

What Is The Difference Between Starbucks Cold Foam And Whipped Cream?

Whipped cream at Starbucks and your local coffee shop is heavy cream and milk whipped to create a thick and creamy consistency.

Cold foam is nonfat milk which is whipped at a high speed to whip air into to create thick consistency. It’s flavored as standard with vanilla syrup.

Are You Supposed To Mix Cold Foam?

No, cold foam is supposed to sit on top of your coffee drink and be enjoyed as a two tier drink with a little creamy texture in every sip.

Is Cold Brew Basically Iced Coffee?

No, these are two different coffee beverages with different brewing techniques.

Cold brew coffee is intentionally brewed at a low temperature to extract the low temperature flavor compounds to produce a coffee with a well-rounded, balanced flavor and low acidity.

An iced coffee is brewed coffee, typically drip coffee from an automatic drip coffee maker which is brewed at a temperature of between 92C to 96C (195F to 205F) and then chilled instantly.

The result is two very different tasting cups of coffee.

Final Thoughts – Salted Caramel Cold Brew Recipe

This salted caramel cold brew recipe is, in my opinion, best enjoyed when you are relaxing at the weekend with a Saturday afternoon movie or a great Netflix series.

How do you enjoy your homemade salted caramel cold brew coffee? Do you make any special customizations to suit your own coffee gusto?

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