Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew
Published 2/19/2024 • Updated 2/27/2025
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Do you love Starbucks Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew? US TOO. This vanilla sweet cream cold brew is made with homemade cold brew, homemade vanilla sweet cream, and mixed together for a delicious at home coffee drink that’s even better than the OG.
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“We made this and it was exactly like the Starbucks variation!!” — Michelle
Raise your hand if you splurge and buy a fancy coffee drink during the week? We do! Sometimes you just want to get out of the house and treat yourself to a fancy latte.
Recently we’ve been doing a big ole’ group Starbucks order for the team and most of the time this vanilla sweet cream cold brew is on the list. We were heading to the coffee shop so often for this tasty treat that we decided to make it at home!
If you haven’t been introduced to the Starbucks Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew, let us introduce you. It is a semi-sweet coffee drink that is a delicious combination of cold brew coffee and vanilla sweet cream.
reasons we ❤️ this drink
- Cold brew is light, sweet, and so refreshing during warmer months.
- It tastes just like the Starbucks vanilla sweet cream cold brew.
- You save $$$ by making it at home.
- You can make a big batch and drink it all week long.
Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew
Ingredients
- 4 cups cold brew coffee
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup 2% milk
- ½ vanilla bean, paste scraped out
- 1 –3 teaspoons simple syrup, or more, to taste
- Pinch of salt
- Ice, for serving
Instructions
- First, prepare the vanilla sweet cream.
- Use a butter knife to scrape out the paste from ½ a vanilla bean.
- Then, place the cream, milk, vanilla bean paste, simple syrup, and salt into a mason jar.
- Cover the jar and shake until all of the ingredients are combined.
- To turn this vanilla sweet cream into “foam” use a hand-held frother to froth for 15-30 seconds until foamy.
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Then, pour in 1 cup of cold brew coffee.
- Pour 1/4 cup of the vanilla sweet cream on top of the cold brew and use a tall stirring spoon to combine the cold brew and sweet cream.
- Serve immediately.
Tips & Notes
- Storage: we recommend storing leftover cold brew and sweet cream separately in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Cold brew will last up to 5-7 days and sweet cream will last up to 3.
- simple syrup: start with less and ad more, to taste.
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Top Tips for Our Sweet Cream Cold Brew
Make a foam
Some people like to add the vanilla sweet cream right to the cold brew coffee as is and some people like to make it light, frothy, and foamy!
To turn the vanilla sweet cream into a foam, use a frother to froth it for 15-20 seconds.
Serve over ice
We recommend hands down serving this drink over ice. The cold brew that you use will most likely be a concentrate and tends to be better ice cold! Pour the cold brew over ice and then add the sweet cream!
Can I make it hot?
We do not recommend making this drink hot, but if you must, you do you! Use a cup of hot coffee, and then add the vanilla sweet cream to the hot coffee.
Can i make it dairy-free?
Though we recommend making this vanilla sweet cream with dairy milk for an outcome closest to Starbucks, but you can use a creamier milk substitute and still be left with a delicious drink. We recommend substituting oat milk for the heavy cream and milk.
Storage Suggestion
We recommend storing the vanilla sweet cream separate from the cold brew coffee and mixing them together right before you are ready to enjoy your drink.
Store the sweet cream in an airtight container in the refrigerator and store the cold brew in a separate air-tight jar.
How to Make
Cold Brew Coffee
Check out this super simple tutorial on how to make your own cold brew coffee at home with just 2 ingredients.
This tasted nothing like the real thing
We made this and it was exactly like the Starbucks variation!!
Thank you for this because I love going to Starbucks to buy this now I know how to make it