When I am drinking coffee outside, there are few that are my favorites. Caramel macchiato tops my list. I like it hot as well as the cold. The specialty of the coffee is the layered effect that you can see in the cup. This specialty drink when you order outside can easily cost about $4 /small cup. Making it at home cost literally 1/4th of the cost and it is absolutely easy to make without needing any fancy gadget. For the second day of BM, I am going to be working on a category called coffee variation and this is going to be the recipe for it.
To begin with any coffee based drink should have a good coffee in it. The better the quality of the coffee, better the end result is going to be. If you know us personally, you would know that I and my husband are very serious coffee drinkers. This does not necessarily mean we drink coffee through the day, but the one cup of coffee that we drink in the morning has to be the best one. We being South Indians are addicted to the filter (decoction) coffee. My husband, who is the official coffee maker of the house, grinds the coffee bean fresh every night and then prepares the filter, so it is ready for us first thing in the morning. Buy good quality coffee bean and invest in a good coffee grinder.
The coffee for this drink is slightly thinner than the filter coffee, so I used my coffee maker to brew some strong coffee. Also the Macchiato requires vanilla syrup which you can find in any grocery store, but I made my own and it is pretty easy. I have the recipe for that as well. Store this syrup in the refrigerator and you can use to flavor many kind of coffee or drinks with it.
Preparation time – 15 mins plus 15 mins if you are making your own syrup
Cooking time (brewing time) – 5 mins
Difficulty level – easy
Recipe source – https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/drinks/iced-caramel-macchiato/
Ingredients – (makes 2 tall glass)
- Vanilla syrup – 4 tbsp
- Ice cubes – 1 ½ cups
- Milk – 2 cups
- Strong brewed coffee – 1 cup
- Caramel syrup/sauce – 4 tbsp
- Whipped cream – optional
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Water – ¼ cup
- Vanilla a – 1 tsp
To make the vanilla syrup –
- Take the sugar and the water in a small sauce pan and let it come to boil in low flame. Do not mix the syrup with the spoon when boiling; just stir the pan around to help dissolve the sugar.
- Turn off the flame and add the vanilla extract. Keep it aside and let it cool down.
- Once cooled, store it in a bottle for future use.
- Brew coffee and let it cool down to room temperature.
- Get tall glasses ready and pour 2 tbsp of vanilla syrup in each glass.
- Next goes the ice. Split the ice equally in to the glasses.
- Now add the milk to the glasses. Look at the layer of vanilla syrup in the base.
- Next add the brewed coffee. You don’t want to add the coffee in all at once, but to create the layered effect, add the coffee slowly through the side. This way the coffee will remain on the top. Do you see three distinct layers now?
- Now add the whipped cream (optional) and then swirl in the caramel syrup. If you are skipping the whipped cream, then just add the caramel sauce on top, give it a quick mix and sip away.
- This would be a perfect thirst quencher for a coffee lover on a hot summer day.
- Enjoy!!!
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Sona - quick picks/pick quicks says
perfect !!! very beautiful layers!! Can I have on eof those glasses plz..its Friendship's Day today !!! 🙂
Preetha Soumyan says
Good one …..
Rafeeda AR says
Looks lovely… feel like grabbing it frm the screen!
Rajani S says
Beautiful drink for a bright sunny day!!
Razina Javed says
lovely drink….
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Manjula Bharath says
wow beautiful drink and looks very refreshing sandhya 🙂
Srivalli says
OMG, that's so sinful Sandhya! if there was a way to ship this, I want one..Nice to know you have your coffee served..:)..I tell you, that's such a pleasure..I love my morning coffee
sangeetha pn says
OMG was drooling as I was going through the post! 🙂
Ruxana Gafoor says
such a lovely presentation and a wonderful drink…would really love to grab one glass…
Corporate to Kitchen says
This coffee looks lovely . I love our south indian filter coffee & so sweet that your hubby does this fresh every day. I have never tasted this cofee but I am sure this must be really refreshing.
Gayathri Kumar says
Looks like a perfect drink. Love the addition of whipped cream on top…
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says
wow wow akka…its awesome and sinful… surely gonna try it soon…
Mayuri's jikoni says
sooooo tempting. Looks yummy.
Gayathri Ramanan says
love cold coffee..looks so creamy and delicious….my hubby is also a coffee geek..always he experiments with different coffee maker…
Ramya Krishnamurthy says
refreshing and drooling one
Priya Suresh says
Omg, wat a drink, cant resist to them..
Sona S says
Looks refreshing and delicious.
Sapana Behl says
Looks so rich and nice with all those layers…
Preeti Garg says
Look so rich and tempting for summer
divya says
Oh this looks yum!!!
Denny says
I love caramel macchiato at starbucks…yours looks even better with the layers of deliciousness.
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
love it!!! nice idea of the vanilla syrup!!! so yummy!!!
Sowmya
Pavani N says
I'm not a big coffee drinker, but my husband is a HUGE coffee drinker. I don't like coffee because I think it is bitter, but I wouldn't mind this macchiato especially for the vanilla syrup. I'm going to try this out soon. Thanks for the recipe.
Preetha Soumyan says
Just rocking drink…. and the layers u got it really perfect…. i am very fond of filter coffee
Harini-Jaya R says
Coffee lovers will love this!
Jayanthi says
I love caramel macchiato too. Love your version and looks so delicious.
Padmajha PJ says
a good cup of the best coffee is the niceset way to start the morning, more so if hubby serves it!
Love the layered effect and am book marking this one to try later. Great recipe Sandhya…