Sweet Cream Cold Brew
Smooth cold brew topped with a cascade of vanilla sweet cream, like the coffee-shop favorite but made with allulose and no sugar. Allow 12–18 hours of steeping if you brew your own.
Nutrition per serving
1 glass (1 cup cold brew + 3 tbsp sweet cream)- Net carbs
- 1.1g
- Calories
- 112kcal
- Protein
- 1.2g
- Fat
- 11g
- Total carbs
- 7.2 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient (optional ingredients excluded). Brands vary — check your labels if you track closely.
Ingredients
Pumpkin cream cold brew: Pumpkin purée and pumpkin pie spice are whisked into the sweet cream. It is the autumn coffee-shop favorite, made without the sugary syrup.
- Whisk the pumpkin, spice and extra sweetener into the sweet cream until smooth, then froth it until thick enough to sit on top of the coffee. Dust with a pinch of spice.
Chocolate cream cold brew: Cocoa whisked into the sweet cream makes a chocolate foam that slowly marbles into the coffee, like an iced mocha.
- Whisk the cocoa and extra sweetener into a tablespoon of the cream to make a paste, then whisk in the rest of the sweet-cream ingredients and froth.
Dairy-free (coconut cream): Coconut cream whipped with almond milk, vanilla and allulose makes a dairy-free sweet cream that froths up just as thick.
- Use a handheld frother or shake the sweet cream hard in a jar. If the coconut cream is solid, warm it briefly and stir smooth first.
- Coffee
- Vanilla sweet cream
- Coffee
- Vanilla sweet cream
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- Coffee
- Vanilla sweet cream
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- Coffee
- Vanilla sweet cream
Estimated cost $3.65 for 4 servings ($0.91 each) · how we estimate
Instructions
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Make the sweet cream: whisk or shake the cream, almond milk, sweetener and vanilla in a jar until the sweetener dissolves.
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Just before serving, froth the sweet cream with a handheld frother for 10–15 seconds, until slightly thickened but still pourable.
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Fill four tall glasses with ice and pour 1 cup of cold brew into each.
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Slowly pour about 3 tablespoons of sweet cream over each glass and let it cascade through the coffee. Stir before sipping.
Tips for success
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To make cold brew at home, stir 1 cup (85 g) coarsely ground coffee into 4½ cups (1.1 L) cold water, cover and steep in the fridge 12–18 hours, then strain through a paper filter. It makes about 4 cups. - Using a store-bought concentrate? Dilute it 1:1 with water before measuring.
- The sweet cream doubles as a creamer for hot coffee. For a frothy, unsweetened hot mug, try butter coffee.
Nice to have, not needed
- A handheld frother thickens the sweet cream so it floats — shaking it hard in a jar works too.
Storage & meal prepMeal-prep friendly
- Keeps 5 days in the fridge
- Doesn’t freeze well
Reheat: Serve cold over ice; shake the sweet cream before using.
Prep tip: Keep a jar of cold brew and a jar of sweet cream in the fridge and a glass takes 30 seconds.
Refrigerate cold brew up to 1 week and the sweet cream up to 5 days, both in sealed jars. Shake the cream before using.
Variations
3 variations, each with its own ingredients and macrosPumpkin cream cold brew
FlavorPumpkin purée and pumpkin pie spice are whisked into the sweet cream. It is the autumn coffee-shop favorite, made without the sugary syrup.
- + 2 tbsp canned pumpkin purée
- + 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- + 1 tbsp extra allulose
1.8 g net · 117 kcal · 1.3 g protein · 11 g fat · ≈$1.08 per serving (+0.7 g net carbs vs the original)
Chocolate cream cold brew
FlavorCocoa whisked into the sweet cream makes a chocolate foam that slowly marbles into the coffee, like an iced mocha.
- + 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- + 1 tbsp extra allulose
1.7 g net · 120 kcal · 1.7 g protein · 11 g fat · ≈$1.05 per serving (+0.6 g net carbs vs the original)
Dairy-free (coconut cream)
DietCoconut cream whipped with almond milk, vanilla and allulose makes a dairy-free sweet cream that froths up just as thick.
- heavy cream → coconut cream
1.6 g net · 109 kcal · 1.4 g protein · 11 g fat · ≈$0.85 per serving (+0.5 g net carbs vs the original)
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