It’s no secret I love Dutch Bros. I drive all the way across town to wait in a long line to get my favorite DB drinks. But, some of them are not always available. These special occasion drinks are some of my faves, which means when they’re not offering them at Dutch Bros, I’ve gotta figure out how to make them at home. Luckily, I’ve figured out that making coffee at home is easier than I thought.
So, if you’re a huge fan of the infamous white chocolate lavender drinks at Dutch Bros, you are going to love how easy this is to make at home. Now, it’s difficult to make a soft top copycat, but my vanilla sweet cream cold foam is pretty close, especially if you froth it until it’s like a slightly melted whipped cream. Delicious. I even made a fresh batch of my vanilla syrup to make the flavor extra delicious.
Alright, enough chit chat. Let’s get to the coffee!
Dutch Bros White Chocolate Lavender Cold Brew Ingredients:
Let’s get everything together before we get started. Nobody likes watered down iced coffee drinks.
- Cold Brew – I like Stok. I’ve tried all their flavors and it doesn’t matter, they’re all good. I did do a cold brew taste test awhile back and tried a bunch of the brands available at the store. You can read that here.
- White Chocolate Sauce – You can use any brand you have on hand for this. Right now, I’m finishing up my Kyya Chocolate white mocha sauce. Their sauces are made in small batches and shipped fresh. No sitting on shelves for a year until you buy it. You can get 10% with my coden WHATTHEFROTHKYYA10.
- Lavender Syrup – Another Kyya Chocolate syrup. This syrup has so much flavor. It’s major. Very good. Highly recommend.
- Heavy Cream – You’ll need 3-4 tbsp of this for the sweet cream. I don’t have a substitute for this, I’m sorry. I am dairy intolerant and I’m okay with this amount, but you need to do what is right for you.
- Milk of choice – Use whatever milk you like here. Almond and coconut do change the flavor, but only slightly. I used almond milk today. The barista oatmilk is the absolute best, but now that I know how unhealthy oatmilk is, I’m trying to avoid it. Boo.
- Vanilla syrup – You can use any vanilla syrup you have on hand. I didn’t have any so I made some quickly using my recipe. It’s a 1:1:1 sugar to water to vanilla extract ratio. I use organic sugar. Then simmer, do not boil, until combined. Pour into a bottle. Refrigerate. Get all the details in this recipe.
Tools You Need:
Not much, friends. I always recommend my hand frother. The best I’ve ever used. It makes perfect cold foam and it’s cute enough to leave out on my counter. Score.
My Halloween skull glass:
I’m so stoked about this glass. It’s a 17 oz. juice glass. So heavy and well made. Absolutely beautiful. I have always wanted one of these and snagged two from the Halloween limited edition line. I might get more before they sell out. So good. You can shop my juice glass here.
Alright, let’s do this:
How To Make: Dutch Bros White Chocolate Lavender Cold Brew
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Step by Step:
- Add 1 tbsp. white chocolate and lavender syrup each to a glass
- Add 8 oz. cold brew and stir to combine with sauce/syrup
- Add ice
- Add 3-4 tbsp heavy cream, 2 tbsp milk and 1 tbsp vanilla syrup and froth until soft set.
- Pour over you coffee and enjoy.
This tastes very close to the Dutch Bros drink. You can also add 2 oz. of half ‘n half if you usually order it with cream or “breve” as they call it. I find that the cold foam mixes into the cold brew like milk, but I also do like the drink creamier when I go to Dutch Bros.
More Copycat Recipes:
Want more copycat recipes? I’ve got lots of goodies on the blog. Here are just a few more posts you might like:
- Starbucks white chocolate macadamia nut cream copycat
- A creamy and delicious tiramisu iced coffee
- Dutch Bros Golden Eagle Copycat
- 15 Cold Foam Recipes for your coffee
- 9 delicious iced coffee recipes to make at home
- 11 Starbucks drinks you can make at home
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That’s all for today. I hope you’ll come back soon for the sugar cookie latte recipe!
Get roasted,
A
