Iced Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso
Jul 09, 2025 10:45 AM
Time to roll out the iced coffee drinks for the season and this Starbuck’s copycat recipe is a favorite! Iced Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso is sweet, delicious and easy to make at home.
As soon as hot weather hits many coffee drinkers reach for cold brew or even coffee soda.
Starbucks fans will already be drinking Shaken Espresso drinks. The perfect blend of espresso and sweet flavors make these shaken coffee drinks a favorite.
Try this homemade version of Iced Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso! It will take your iced coffee game up a notch. Or two.
Think of it as a coffee drink prepared like a cocktail (with no alcohol).
For this recipe the homemade brown sugar simple syrup and prepared espresso are shaken with ice in a cocktail shaker or jar and poured over fresh ice in a glass.
Why do this? It blends the ingredients better versus stirring them and gives great flavor.
This technique is how many cocktails recipes are made.
Ingredients:
For the brown sugar syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Cinnamon stick
For the shaken espresso
- 2 ounces (shots) espresso
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar simple syrup
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups ice divided
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
35 minutes
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