How to make coffee cold foam

This test kitchen-approved cold foam recipe is shockingly easy to make in the comfort of your own home. Recipe developer Juliana Hale says “it looks and tastes like it’s from a fancy coffee bar.”

How to Make Cold Foam

You’ll find a detailed ingredient list and step-by-step instructions in the recipe below, but let’s go over the basics:

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What Is Cold Foam?

Cold foam is frothy, milk-based topping that’s served over iced or cold brew coffee. It’s different from steamed foam, as it’s made by simply aerating milk with a frother or French press.

Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 2 servings

1/4 cup skim milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla simple syrup (see above) or purchased vanilla syrup (Optional)
2 cups cold brew coffee or iced coffee
freshly grated nutmeg or cinnamon (Optional)

Directions

Gather all ingredients.

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Combine milk and simple syrup in a small measuring cup.

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Submerge the end of a milk frother in the mixture.

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Froth until consistently foamy, 15 to 20 seconds for skim milk or 2 to 3 minutes for almond milk.

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Divide cold brew coffee between 2 glass mugs.

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Spoon cold foam over coffee. Sprinkle with nutmeg or cinnamon.

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