Iced Rose Latte

This floral Iced Rose Latte is made with homemade rose syrup and it's ready in minutes! The syrup goes really well with coffee and you can use any leftovers in a lot of other drinks! The floral flavor makes this latte the perfect coffee drink for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day! You can make this latte both hot and cold.

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• Why This Recipe Works
• Ingredients
• Variations and Substitutions
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Why This Recipe Works

An unexpected flavor combination - Florals and coffee might not be something you'd normally put together but I promise you it works really well! Rose syrup is amazing in coffee and you can always use any leftovers in cocktails!

Perfect for Valentine's Day - If there was one latte perfect for Valentine's Day, it'd be this Rose Latte! What's a more romantic flower than a red rose? The light floral flavor also makes it great for Mother's Day!

Homemade syrup - Making your own syrup at home for coffee and cocktails is way easier than you might think! All you gotta do is combine sugar and water in a 1:1 ratio and add your flavorings. Some syrups can be more complicated based on the flavors you're trying to achieve but this one is super simple! Just add food-grade rose water to the syrup and you're done!

Hot or iced - Although the recipe is for an iced latte, you can make this into a hot latte too! Just heat up and froth your milk if desired and add rose syrup and freshly brewed coffee to it! In general, hot drinks usually need less sweetener than cold drinks because ice makes them less sweet.

Ingredients

• Rose water - The rose flavor in the syrup for the latte comes from rose water. It's the easiest way to make rose syrup. No need to steep any tea or dried rose buds, just simmer your syrup and add rose water! It can be found online or in Middle Eastern specialty stores and some grocery stores.
• Cane sugar - Cane sugar or white sugar works best for the rose syrup because it's very neutral and won't overpower the delicate rose flavor.
• Espresso - Freshly brewed espresso is best for a latte but if you don't have an espresso maker, you can make this drink with cold-brew, regular brewed coffee, or even French press. You might have to adjust the amount of coffee you use because espresso is generally stronger.
• Milk - You can use any milk you'd normally use in a latte. I prefer oat milk or almond milk but you can use whole milk or any other dairy-free milk if you prefer.

Variations and Substitutions

• Different coffee - I use a Nespresso to brew my espresso for lattes but if you don't have an espresso maker, you can use strongly brewed coffee, cold-brew coffee, or French press. Depending on the strength of your coffee, you might have to adjust the amount. Espresso is often stronger which is why you need less of it.
• Decaf - Use decaf espresso if needed. The drink calls for two shots so you can use half decaf if you want to lower the amount of caffeine but still have a little bit.
• Rose tea or rose petals - Use rose tea or food-grade rose buds or rose petals to make tea and use it instead of water and rose water in the syrup recipe if you don't have rose water available near you.
• Sugar-free - Use a sugar-free substitute to make the syrup instead of cane sugar if you want to lower the sugar content.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Rose Syrup

1. Add cane sugar and water to a small saucepan.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves.
3. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Take the syrup off the heat and stir in rose water.
5. Pour the finished syrup into a glass jar and store it in the fridge.

Iced Rose Latte

1. Fill a tall glass with ice about halfway up.
2. Froth your milk if desired and pour it over the ice.
3. Add rose syrup.

4. Brew two shots of espresso and pour them over the milk and ice.
5. Top with whipped cream if desired and sprinkle with dried rose petals.

Serving Suggestions

The latte is delicious as is but you can also top it with some whipped cream and crushed up edible rose petals. Just make sure they're food-grade rose petals. You can still keep the latte dairy-free if you use coconut milk whipped cream. I find it's available at most grocery stores these days.

Storing

The latte is best consumed right away but you can store any leftover syrup in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

If you don't think you'll use up all of the syrup, you can also freeze it. Pour the syrup into an ice cube tray and freeze. I highly recommend using a silicone ice cube tray because syrup cubes tend to be harder to get out of the molds than regular ice.

FAQs

Other Iced Coffee Recipes

Below are four of my favorite lattes to make on a weekly basis. They're easy to make and also use homemade syrups just like this one.

• Iced Hazelnut Latte
• Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte
• Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso
• Iced Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espresso

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