FOOD NEWS
Here’s The Best Coffee Swap When Starbucks Has No More Cold Brew
BY BECKY STEPHENSON
If the cold brew is depleted at Starbucks, there are two other options that will give you a similar flavor profile and energy boost: iced coffee and iced espresso-based drinks.
Starbucks changed its iced coffee blend to a mellower alternative and stopped serving the drink sweetened with classic syrup by default, which makes it an acceptable replacement.
Tasting Table’s Becky Stephenson is a former Starbucks barista and black coffee connoisseur. Her favorite cold brew stand-in is an iced coffee with a shot of Blonde Espresso.
A grande Americano has 225 milligrams of caffeine in its three shots of espresso. Add ice, and this gives you a drink with a caffeine content close to a cold brew.