Healthy Iced Coffee at home that’s sugar free, low calorie, and much cheaper and healthier than from Starbucks!
On a hot summer day pour yourself a tall glass of iced coffee and save $5. Alternate between homemade healthy frappuccino and kombucha for a month and buy yourself a pair of Lululemon pants. Genius!:)
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Saves money: A cup of iced coffee costs $5-6 at a coffee shop. At home, it will run you 50 cents!
- Low calorie: Each glass contains only 31 calories and 1 gr of sugar.
- Easy: All you need is cold coffee. Then make healthy iced coffee any time of the day when it’s hot.
- Make it your own: Use any milk you like, make sweeter or add any flavor you love.
Reader’s Review
It wasn’t too sweet or too watery or too bitter, it was just right!
Makayla
Ingredients for Healthy Iced Coffee
- Coffee: Quality of coffee beans matters. To achieve the most flavorful coffee, buy coffee beans and grind at home. You can also use espresso or store-bought cold brew. Instant coffee might be less delicious but if it’s what you drink, then you will love it!
- Milk: For dairy-free and low calorie version use any milk like almond milk, coconut milk (not from a can), rice, soy, oat or hemp milk. Of course, you can also use cow’s milk.
- Vanilla extract: Adds flavor. I recommend to buy pure vanilla extract vs. imitation one for the best taste.
- Ice: Ice cubes are a must for this recipe. Don’t skip!
How to Make Healthy Iced Coffee
- Brew coffee: Make coffee using your preferred method. Do not pour hot coffee over ice as it will melt it immediately.
- Cool it: Let coffee sit on a counter until barely room temperature. You can also use store-bought cold brew.
- Combine: Pour cold coffee, milk and vanilla extract over ice cubes in a tall glass. Stir with a long spoon and enjoy!
Tips for Best Results
- Use your favorite coffee: If you want the best tasting iced coffee, use coffee you love! We love light roast coffee like Lavazza.
- Save coffee: If you brew coffee at home, do not discard any leftovers. Refrigerate for up to 2 days.
- To avoid watered down coffee: Waiting for your brewed coffee to cool down. If you try to cool down your coffee with ice cubes and then make this recipe, your healthy iced coffee will be watery.
- For stronger flavor: Change the ratio of coffee to milk to 70:30 or whatever you want. You can also freeze some coffee in an ice cube tray and use instead of ice cubes.
Variations
- Flavors and spices: Add cinnamon, nutmeg or more (or skip) vanilla extract. Perfect for enjoying in the fall!
- Liquid sweetener: Add maple syrup or agave to taste if you are craving a tad of sweetness. It has less prominent taste and dissolves better than honey.
- Dry sweetener: If you would like to use a bit of sugar or any keto sweetener like monk fruit, make sure to stir it with hot coffee to help dissolve. It will not dissolve in cold liquid.
- Mocha flavor: Whisk in with a small whisk 1-2 teaspoons of cacao or cocoa powder with hot or cold coffee.
- An iced latte: Use brewed espresso and add more milk.
More Homemade Healthy Drinks
Healthy Iced Coffee
Healthy Iced Coffee is easy to make with almond milk plus sugar free, low calorie, and much cheaper and healthier than Starbucks.
Ingredients
- 1/2 – 1 cup ice
- 1/2 cup coffee, cold
- 1/2 cup any milk, I used unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a tall glass, add ice, coffee, milk and vanilla extract.
- Stir with a long spoon, adjust to taste and enjoy immediately.
🎉 Last step! If you made this recipe, please leave a review and let us know what you think!
Notes
- Store: Do not throw away “old” coffee. Refrigerate for up to 2 days and when ready combine all ingredients and make a healthy iced coffee.
- Do not pour hot coffee over ice as it will melt it immediately.
- Freeze coffee in ice cube tray and use for more concentrated iced coffee.
- My favorite plant-based milk for coffee is Califia Farms unsweetened almond milk.
Nutrition
Calories: 31kcal, Carbohydrates: 1g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 2g, Sodium: 183mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Very helpful.
Awesome iced coffee recipe!
For milk I like hazelnut silk almond milk and skip the extract.
Sounds amazing!!!
Amazing
Delicious ?
Tasty and easy to make.
Love it! Make it everyday and so easy to do! Thanks! I’m so glad I found you!
You are very welcome. I’m glad you found me too haha. Enjoy!
I have been searching the internet for good healthy iced coffee recipes. Yours is the first that I actually like. It was amazing and I look forward to making it every morning.
Awesome. You must live some place warm.:)
Thank you, will surely try these since most coffee drinks are quite high in sugar/calories. : )
Yes. It is super easy to make your own at home.
Made this for my daugther and she loves it . Was very sad no Star Bucks since Paleo she said this works yeah.
Awesome! Don’t be sad, guys. Starbucks is full of cr@p and GMO ingredients. I buy only Americano with organic soy milk as a treat when I’m out.
If I don’t drink coffee what brand coffee would be good for iced coffee?
I like medium to medium dark roast coffee, preferably organic. My favourites are Ethical Bean, Kicking Horse, Seattle’s Best or when I’m out Starbucks Blonde or Pike Place Roast.
I looooove iced coffee! It’s actually the only way I’ll drink it. I came up with my own iced mocha recipe (which is posted on my blog) but I always feel guilty if I have it too often because I know it isn’t very healthy. I never even thought to use almond milk before. I think I’ll try your recipe next time and use a little chocolate syrup as the sweetener. Then it’ll be a bit healthier! I can’t wait to try it! 🙂
Now Silk makes dark chocolate almond milk… no need to add sweetener
Silk dark chocolate almond milk contains sweetener. SO doesn’t matter when you add it – with milk or with coffee.
I just started doing this. I use Caramel Macciato flavored coffee from Starbucks and Vanilla Almond Milk. It is so good on those sticky humid Southern mornings.
Your coffee shots look like they could be hanging inside of a Starbucks:)
I love iced coffee! All year around.:) I usually use TJ’s almond milk too, but I never thought to add vanilla extract. Will try it tomorrow. 🙂