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Iced Vanilla Americano with Sweet Cream Float

Bold, bright espresso stretched with cold water over ice, crowned with a silky vanilla whole-milk cream that slowly swirls into the coffee.

Iced Vanilla Americano with Sweet Cream Float

Ingredients

  • 4 shots120 gEspressofreshly brewed and cooled
  • 1¼ cups300 gWatercold
  • ½ cup (120 ml)120 gWhole milkcold
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml)30 gHeavy creamcold
  • 1 tbsp12 gGranulated sugar
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract

Steps

  1. Brew the espresso and let it cool for a few minutes, or chill it briefly in the fridge.
  2. Make the vanilla sweet cream: in a jar, combine the whole milk, heavy cream, sugar and vanilla, seal and shake hard for about 30 seconds until the sugar dissolves and the cream turns frothy.
  3. Fill two tall glasses with ice and pour half of the cold water into each glass.
  4. Pour half of the espresso into each glass over the water.
  5. Gently spoon half of the vanilla sweet cream over each Americano so it floats, then serve with a straw and stir as you sip.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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