End your cravings for carb-filled coffee with this quick and easy keto iced coffee. With just a few simple ingredients, your low carb coffee will be ready in mere moments!
❤️ Why you'll love it
If you like to start your day with a little caffeine, you know how tempting it is to add sugary syrups and coffee creamer. Fortunately, it's so easy to make your own keto coffee drinks at home to balance your energy levels and start your day the right way.
Instead of a delicious hot coffee like this bulletproof coffee or keto pumpkin spice latte, this iced coffee is a great option, especially on a hot summer day!
Is Iced Coffee Keto-Friendly?
Iced coffee can absolutely be keto-friendly, depending on the ingredients used. A lot of coffee houses use sugary sweeteners to sweeten their iced coffees, which is not ideal for a keto lifestyle or if you're on a weight loss journey.
To make a keto-friendly option, ditch the sugar completely. Instead, enjoy this easy keto iced coffee recipe with a splash of cream of almond milk or take it up a notch with a keto friendly sweetener like sugar-free vanilla syrup. It tastes just like your favorite coffee shop for way less money and without any added sugars!
🥘 Equipment Used
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to make your own keto iced coffee drink at home, you just need a glass or a jar to hold all of your ingredients. It's so easy!
🧾 Ingredients Used
- Ice cubes: I like to use a lot of ice cubes for this recipe to make the coffee really cold and refreshing.
- Brewed coffee: Make sure your coffee is at room temperature, not hot. You can also use decaf coffee.
- Liquid sugar-free sweetener: You can use any of this type of sweetener of your choice. I like to use torani sugar-free hazelnut syrup.
- Unsweetened almond milk: Use as much as you'd like for flavor and taste. You can also use coconut milk or a little heavy cream.
🔪 How To Make This Recipe
- Add ice cubes to a large glass pitcher.
- Pour in your brewed room temperature coffee and add the sweetener.
- Pour in almond milk and stir.
- That's it! Your delicious keto iced coffee is ready!
🥫 Storing and Reheating
Keto iced coffee is best enjoyed freshly made, but you can store it in the fridge for a few days if you want to. Seal it up in an airtight container or mason jar first. It takes just as good the next day.
I don't recommend freezing cold brew coffee because it'll lose its freshness. If you choose to freeze it, however, pour it into an ice cube tray and then freeze. To drink it, either use a high-speed blender or let it melt in a glass cup.
💭 Tips and Variations
- Another way to make this really quick coffee is to pour all the ingredients minus the ice into a jar. Mix well, then add the ice and heavy whipping cream on top.
- For a creamy drink, add a tablespoon of heavy cream or keto creamer and whisk using a milk frother.
- For a real treat, add two spoons of keto caramel sauce and vanilla extract, then whisk for a delicious iced caramel macchiato.
- You can also add your favorite keto-friendly syrup, like sugar-free vanilla or cinnamon.
- Mix in 1 tablespoon of cacao powder or unsweeetened cocoa powder to make delicious mocha iced coffee.
- For a keto frappuccino, blend cold coffee with ice, heavy cream or coconut cream, and sugar-free syrup until nice and thick.
- Fill ice cube trays with leftover coffee to make coffee ice cubes that won't dilute your drink!
- To really kickstart your keto journey, add some MCT oil for even more healthy fats.
- For a keto iced latte, use 1-2 shots of espresso instead of coffee and fill the rest of your cup with your favorite keto milk.
🍽️ What Can I Enjoy Keto Coffee With?
This keto coffee can be enjoyed with your breakfast cookies or pastries. Pair it with these keto donuts, keto spice cake, or keto chocolate cake. It also goes wonderfully with these flavorful keto cinnamon cookies.
👩🍳 Frequently asked questions
Is cold brew coffee keto friendly?
Cold brew can be keto-friendly. It depends largely on the ingredients in it. You just have to watch out for hidden carbs and sugars in it if you are on a ketogenic diet. If your cold brew only contains water and coffee grounds, it will be naturally low carb. Use either keto creamers or add some almond milk and sugar-free syrup for flavor.
What can I flavor my coffee with on keto?
You can add flavor to your coffee by adding various flavored creamers or sweeteners to it. They work to enhance the taste of the coffee. Since many coffee creamers contain hidden sugars or preservatives, this should be avoided on a keto diet. Use only those with keto-friendly ingredients.
Can you just add ice to coffee to make iced coffee?
If you add ice to your regular hot black coffee, it'll turn watery. You want to avoid this, and so that's why you have to let your brewed coffee come to room temperature first. However, you can brew your coffee twice as strong and add lots of extra ice to it until it doesn't melt anymore. Then add your creamer and enjoy!
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📖 Recipe
Keto Iced Coffee
Ingredients
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 1 cup brewed coffee room temperature
- 2 tablespoon liquid sugar-free sweetener
- ½ cup almond milk
Instructions
- Add ice cubes to a glass.1 cup ice cubes
- Pour in room temperature coffee and add sweetener.1 cup brewed coffee, 2 tablespoon liquid sugar-free sweetener
- Pour in almond milk or your favorite coffee creamer and stir.½ cup almond milk
Notes
- Another way to make this really quick coffee is to pour all the ingredients minus the ice into a jar. Mix well, then add the ice and heavy whipping cream on top.
- For a creamy drink, add a tablespoon of heavy cream or coconut oil and whisk using a milk frother.
- For a real treat, add two spoons of keto caramel sauce and vanilla extract, then whisk for a delicious iced caramel macchiato.
- You can also add your favorite keto-friendly syrup, like sugar-free vanilla or cinnamon.
- Mix in 1 tablespoon of cacao powder to make delicious mocha iced coffee.
Nutrition
Tayo Oredola is the founder of Low Carb Africa, where she shares healthy, low carb dishes with global flavors. She is passionate about teaching people how to cook drool-worthy dishes while losing weight and living their best lives. Tayo’s recipes have been featured on MSN, Women’s Health, Parade, Yahoo News, Pure Wow, Essence, and other online publications.
i was thinking of putting all ingredients in a blender and mixing it up. i would use raw sugar and add vanilla. how does that sound?