Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew

Do you love Starbucks Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew? US TOO. This homemade 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.

Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew

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.

Often times that means heading to Starbucks for a vanilla sweet cream cold brew (OH-MY-GAH).

What is Starbucks Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew?

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.

We were heading to the coffee shop so often for this tasty treat that we decided to make it at home!

Ingredients You Need

Cold brew coffee

The base of this coffee drink is cold brew coffee, not espresso. You have two options when it comes to what kind of cold brew coffee you will use.

• Homemade cold brew coffee- we have a delicious cold brew coffee recipe on FFF. If you are going to take the homemade cold brew coffee route be sure that you make it the day before. Homemade cold brew coffee takes between 12-18 hours to make.
• Store bought cold brew coffee– if you don’t have the time to make homemade cold brew coffee feel free to use store bought cold brew concentrate. There are so many great brands out there.

Heavy cream 

The vanilla sweet cream is a combination of a few ingredients. The heavy cream in this recipe adds the delicious richness you’re looking for in this copycat recipe.

2% milk

You combine heavy cream and 2% cream to make the vanilla sweet cream because if you were to just use heavy cream to your cold brew it would mostly likely clump.

Vanilla Bean

Oh baby, it doesn’t get much better than fresh vanilla bean. Scrape out every bit of fresh vanilla bean paste and shake it up into your vanilla sweet cream.

Can I use vanilla extract instead? Yes, you can use 1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract instead.

simple syrup 

The simple syrup just sweetens up this drink just enough!

If you don’t want to use simple syrup, but still want to make your sweet cream sweet, here are a few ideas:

• Honey simple syrup
• Maple syrup
• Stevia (not recommended)

Salt

Why salt? A pinch of salt to the vanilla sweet cream enhances every single ingredient in this drink!

Ice

You serve this drink cold and serve it over ice.

Make the Cold Brew

If you are using homemade cold brew you have to let it sit in the refrigerator for up to 18 hours so be sure to make it a day before. Here is the short version of how to make homemade cold brew

1. Combine– Add 1 cup of coarsely ground coffee beans to 3 cups of water. Stir until mixed together.
2. Refrigerate– Place the cold brew in the fridge for at least 12 hours.
3. Strain- Pour the cold brew through a sieve or coffee filter and discard the grounds.

For a more tips and tricks on how to make cold brew check out this post!

Prepare the Vanilla Sweet Cream

1. Scrape vanilla bean: first, use the back of a butter knife to scrape the vanilla bean paste from the vanilla bean. Add that into a small jar.
2. Add ingredients to jar: Place the rest of the ingredients into the jar.
3. Mix: Put the cap on the jar and mix to combine everything together.