Top 5 Barista-Style Tricks To Upgrade Your Homemade Iced Latte

Brew your coffee a bit stronger than your usual way because ice and milk will dilute its taste. Espresso works best for this, but strong filter coffee or moka pot coffee can also do the work. Let the freshly brewed coffee cool down for a few minutes and then pour it over ice, so that the cubes do not melt immediately.

To get an adequately cold latte, avoid depending totally on ice or too-cold hot coffee. Brew the coffee in advance and keep it refrigerated until chilled. This keeps the drink cold without making it watery. If you are running short on time, pour the coffee over a few large ice cubes and then stir until it cools.

The milk makes up a considerable part of an iced latte, so its consistency is important. Use perfectly chilled whole milk to get a richer café-style taste, or pick toned milk if you like a lighter drink. Oat or almond milk can also work in this place. Shake or froth a little portion of milk separately if you like to get a creamier mouthfeel.

A latte can feel too watery, usually from adding too much milk. Begin with approximately one part strong coffee to two parts cold milk and then adjust as per your taste. Fill the glass with ice at first, pour in the chilled coffee, and then slowly add milk so that the layers mix without losing the strength of the drink.

To get a flavoured café-style iced latte, add the syrup before the milk so that it blends properly with the coffee. Vanilla, caramel, hazelnut or a little chocolate syrup can be a good option. Mix everything thoroughly before you start drinking. To get a less sweet version, you can skip syrup and let the coffee and milk stay as the main flavours.