Shaken Iced Coffee Frappé with Milk
Inspired by techniques from Serious Eats and NYT Cooking.
Instant coffee, sugar and cold water are shaken hard into a dense foam, shaken again with ice, and finished with cold milk poured down the side of the glass.
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Method
- 1
Shake the foam. Shake the coffee, sugar and water hard in a closed shaker for 30-60 seconds until thick and foamy.
- 2
Add ice. Add the ice and shake 1 minute more until very cold.
- 3
Pour. Tip everything into a tall glass, spooning the last of the foam on top.
- 4
Add the milk. Pour the milk slowly down the tilted glass so the foam floats.
- 5
Serve. Add a straw and drink at once.
Storage
Make and drink fresh; the foam collapses on standing. Cool leftovers in a shallow container and refrigerate within 2 hours (within 1 hour on a day above 32°C).
EU nutrition claims
- Source of protein: 3.2 g protein per 100 kcal, about 13% of energy (needs ≥ 12%)
- Low salt: 0.07 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 123 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: about 63 mg caffeine (serving: 1 glass (2 tsp instant coffee)). Source: 2 g instant coffee × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171893 (instant coffee powder, 3140 mg/100 g; 1 tsp = 1 g).
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 63 mg · 2 servings: 126 mg · 3 servings: 189 mg · 4 servings: 252 mg (above EFSA 200 mg at once).
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 16 % of 400 mg. EFSA
8 g per serving
16 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 32 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- cocktail shaker or jam jar with a tight lid (or a milk frother)
- tall glass
- straw
Nutrition per serving (estimated values)
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 88 kcal |
| Protein | 2.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 13.4 g |
| of which sugars | 12.1 g |
| of which free sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 2.7 g |
| of which saturates | 1.5 g |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.09 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
3.2 g High Protein needs ≥ 5 g (20% of energy)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
