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 tablespoon 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.