Irish Cream Cold Brew is your favorite coffee house drink, made easily at home. Delicious Irish cream syrup combines with cold brew coffee and vanilla cold foam to make the perfect drink.
I love a good Starbucks drink as much as the next girl, but sometimes it pays off just to make that drink at home. This delicious Starbucks Irish Cream Cold Brew is like that – so easy to make at home. Save some money, and make this any time your heart desires right in your own kitchen.
How to Make Irish Cream Cold Brew
This is a brief overview of how to make this delicious drink. For the full recipe with all of the measurements, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
- Make cold brew coffee. This is very easy to do. Read more on this below.
- Make Irish cream syrup. With just a few easy ingredients you can make this amazing syrup and keep it on hand for any time a craving strikes.
- Make vanilla cold foam. Made just from heavy cream, vanilla, and a dash of sugar, this is the perfect cold brew topping.
- Put it all together.
Making Cold Brew Coffee
Cold Brew Coffee is just the combination of cold water and coffee grounds that steep for 24 hours. While normal coffee involves hot water being poured over grounds, in cold brew the length of time it steeps allows for a perfect cold coffee.
After steeping for 24 hours, use a cheese cloth to strain the coffee grounds. Then the coffee is ready to be combined with syrups and foam, like we are doing here.
Irish Cream Syrup
Like any simple syrup, Irish Cream Syrup starts with water and sugar. After boiling water and sugar together, we add in vanilla extract, almond extract, and coconut extract that make it the perfect flavor. The final taste is very similar to Bailey’s Irish Cream, but without the alcohol.
If you want to skip making it at home, you can also buy it.
Making Cold Foam for Cold Brew Coffee
The cold foam that goes on top of cold brew drinks is easy to make. If you start to put it on every coffee drink you make at home, you will get no judgement from me.
Simply whisk heavy cream in a cold bowl with a cold whisk. Whisk in vanilla and a little sugar, and as soon as it begins to stiffen up, it is ready for your drink.
Storing Leftovers of Irish Cream Cold Brew
You don’t want to combine the three ingredients to this drink until you are ready to drink it. But each one has a different shelf life.
- Cold Brew Coffee can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 days. While it can last up to 2 weeks, the taste will go downhill after day three.
- Irish Cream Syrup can last in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- Cold Foam should be made right before it is used.
No, if you compare hot coffee and cold brew side by side by using the same bean to water ratio, hot coffee is stronger. That being said, you can certainly make cold brew stronger but upping the coffee to water ratio.
Cold Brew is best when consumed in the first 1 to 3 days after making it. It will last for up to 2 weeks, but the flavor is best in those first 1 to 3 days.
No, it does not. While it has similar flavors to Irish Cream (which is made with whiskey), the syrup that flavors this great drink is alcohol free.
Irish Cream Cold Brew is your favorite coffee house drink, made easily at home. Delicious Irish cream syrup combines with cold brew coffee and vanilla cold foam to make the perfect drink.
Ingredients
Cold Brew Coffee
- 1/2 cup ground coffee
- 4 cups water
Irish Cream Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
Irish Cream Cold Foam
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Cold Brew Coffee
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Combine the ground coffee and the water in a mason jar.
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Let the coffee steep in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
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Strain the coffee using a cheese cloth and a wire mesh strainer.
Irish Cream Syrup
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In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar and the water. Whisk until fully combined. Bring it to a simmer and let it cook over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
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Stir in the vanilla extract, almond extract, cocoa powder, and coconut extract.
Irish Cold Foam
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In a cold bowl with a cold metal whisk the heavy cream until it just begins to stiffen. Whisk in the vanilla and the sugar.
Irish Cream Cold Brew
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Fill a 12 ounce glass with ice. Add in 6 ounces cold brew coffee and 1 tablespoon of Irish Cream Syrup. Top with the Irish Cold Foam. Garnish with cocoa powder.
