8 Starbucks Drink Recipes For Baristas (Copycat) Try At Home

Who doesn’t would like to start their sunny morning with coffee from Starbucks Baristas? It has become a standard morning routine for most people. 

Why?

Every Starbucks drink is super easy to whip up and prep. Though they aren’t cheap but affordable and extensive, they won’t break your bank at all. 

Should you go to a restaurant for this drink every day? No way! You can enjoy your favorite Starbucks drinks at home. If you are wondering how to make Starbucks drinks, here are some homemade copycat Starbucks drink recipes for Baristas.

Enjoy the recipes below and make a memorable Starbucks drink for your family! 

Why Will You Love Homemade Starbucks Drink Recipes? 

Why Will You Love Homemade Starbucks Drink Recipes

You will love a great Starbucks drink with the following recipes: coffee, EspressoEspresso, or tea. You can immediately make a comfortable and easy drink in your home kitchen. You can also change up the recipes that suit your diet or taste. When preparing this beverage at home, you can customize it following the essential ingredients.  

Is It Hard To Learn How You Make Starbucks Drinks?

It’s a physically demanding task, and making Starbucks drink recipes for Barista needs a standard time. So it won’t be easy for you when you are tired, have back pain, or your legs hurt. Some barista doesn’t give any chance to sit down until completing the job, which takes a long time. If you know how to handle this task, we hope you can do it quickly, in this case, Barista Training Academy

What Do You Need To Make Starbucks Drinks?

What Do You Need To Make Starbucks Drinks

Before going to play with Barista, know the essential ingredients of the Starbuck drinks. What do you need:

  • Barista Style Milk: This is the main and basic for making various authentic Starbucks Drinks for Barista at home. Here you use barista-style milk that helps you to make Starbuck lattes taste similarly.
  • Blender: Without a blender, making Frappuccino won’t be possible. You can use any mini blender for this recipe, but experts recommend using Vitamix to perform the best. 
  • Coffee machine: This tool picks the best coffee machine for perfect Starbucks coffee. 
  • Cold Brew: When you are searching to purchase cold brew from your store, which is very easy and simple to prepare at home. 
  • Other Ingredients: To enhance the taste and flavor and get more nutrition, you can get some more ingredients like vanilla, matcha powder, mint, cocoa powder, EspressoEspresso, and caramel sauce.  

Copycat Starbucks Drink Recipes For Baristas

Copycat Starbucks Drink Recipes For Baristas

We love great Starbucks beverages and drinks. With the following recipes, you can make a perfect and comfortable in your own home easily. Let’s start!

1. Starbucks Iced Latte Recipe (Copycat)

Save money and time and enjoy this copycat Starbuck drink recipe instant in your home.

Ingredients:

  • Milk: 1 cup (cow, almond, coconut, or any barista style of your choice)
  • Matcha: 2 teaspoon
  • Vanilla syrup: 1 tablespoon
  • Ice: 1 cup

Directions: 

  1. Mix Birasta-style milk, Matcha powder with vanilla syrup in a cup.
  2. Combine very well with a spoon or a milk frother
  3. Combined them well and add ice
  4. Finally, enjoy your cup!  

2. Lemonade Starbucks Recipe (Copycat)

Lemonade Starbucks Recipe

Ingredients:

  • Passion tea/ berry tea: 1 & ½ cup
  • Lemonade: ½ cup
  • Simple syrup: 1 tablespoon

Directions: 

  1. Prepare simple-syrup: Boil 1 cup water and pour 1 cup sugar over it, then stir and mix well. Make simple thick syrup.
  2. Chill the syrup for an hour
  3. Add a passion tea bag into boiling water and let it chill for more than 1 hour.
  4. Before serving, mix the chilled tea, lemonade, and simple syrup (2 tablespoons) in a glass and fill it with ice. Then enjoy your Starbuck moments. 

3. Vanilla Sweet Cold Brew (Copycat)

This is a classic iced latte vanilla sweet cream recipe from cashew with perfect cold brew

Ingredients:

  • Cold brew: 1 cup
  • Ice: 1 cup
  • Cashew milk/barista style: ½ cup
  • Vanilla extract: ½ teaspoon
  • Sweetener or coconut sugar: 1 teaspoon
  • Salt as taste

Directions: 

  1. Take a cold brew and keep it aside. Mix the milk, vanilla, sweetener, and salt, then put it in a hot setting. Alternatively, place all ingredients in a cup and then use a handheld frother.
  2. When the coffee is made, pour it into a cup and fill it with ice, followed by the frothed cream.
  3. Stir and enjoy!

4. Minty Iced Matcha Latte (Copycat)

This is a perfect minty iced matcha latte copycat Starbuck drinks to beat the summer heat. 

Ingredients:

  • Matcha powder: 1 teaspoon
  • Coconut sugar: 1 teaspoon
  • Mint extract: ¼ teaspoon
  • Cashew/coconut milk: 1 cup
  • Filtered water: ½ cup

Directions: 

  1. Start adding water and matcha powder into a frother. Press the cold setting. Let the matcha powder froth, and then whisk. Transfer the matcha cream over a cup of ice. 
  2. Next, froth together other ingredients like milk, coconut sugar, and mint extract until soft cream. Pour it over the matcha and stir.
  3. Enjoy your time!

5. Minty Iced Matcha Latte (Copycat)

This is another classic and healthy Starbucks drink packed with complete nutrition and sweetened originally with dates.

Ingredients:

  • Cold brew: 1 cup
  • Barista style creamer: ½ cup
  • Frozen cashew milk cubes: 2 cups
  • Cocoa powder: 1 tablespoon
  • Cacao nibs: 2 teaspoon
  • Medjool date: 1 pitted
  • Vanilla extract: ½ teaspoon
  • Salt as taste

Directions: 

  1. Start by mixing all ingredients into the blender. Blend on high speed for 3 minutes until make smooth. There are no ice bits left in this Frappuccino.
  2. Then pour Frappuccino into a glass and top with the coldest foam. If you desire, you can use whipped cream.
  3. Finally, enjoy your ready drinks instantly. 

6. Iced Chai Tea Latte (Copycat)

Follow the below steps and make a classic Starbucks Chai Tea Latte in your home kitchen. This drink is easy to make and tasty, keeping you warm in winter. 

Ingredients:

  • Tea bags: 8 chai
  • Water: 8 cups
  • Milk depends on taste

Directions: 

  1. Boil the water and add the chai tea bags
  2. Let them for 30-minutes to seep
  3. Remove the bags and keep them aside for a few minutes to cool before combining them with the pitcher.
  4. Let chill in your fridge for a whole night
  5. Pour half a glass of chai mix and top with milk
  6. Add ice and enjoy!

7. Caramel Frappuccino (Copycat)

Ingredients:

  • Espresso: 1/3 cup (Black strong coffee)
  • Cold milk: ¾ cup
  • Ice: 2 cups
  • Sugar: 2 tablespoon
  • Caramel sauce: 2 tablespoon
  • Whipped cream

Directions: 

  1. Mix the EspressoEspresso, barista milk, ice, sugar, and caramel sauce into a blender
  2. Blend all ingredients and make a soft, smooth
  3. Pout out the smooth into a glass and top with whipped cream
  4. Finish off via drizzling with caramel sauce

8. Cinnamon Dolce Latte (Copycat)

Cinnamon dolce latte can be a great and perfect treat for your friend’s party. It is ideal for the cold season, and the spicy latte will warm up in the winter morning.

Ingredients:

  • Steamed milk: 1 ½ cup
  • Espresso/ strong brewed coffee: 2 ounce
  • Cinnamon syrup: 2 tablespoon
  • Whipped cream

Directions:

  1. Begin via steaming the milk. Use the method below, steam, and heat the milk.
  2. Brew the EspressoEspresso or coffee. I prefer to use brewed coffee. Coffee will taste better if you can use fresh coffee beans to brew.
  3. Mix coffee with cinnamon syrup, then add other ingredients in a glass that you will use to prepare your recipe.
  4. Then combine steamed milk and pour the milk into the coffee and cinnamon mixture. The foam will be on the drink if the milk is cooked perfectly.
  5. Top with the whipped cream and a dash of ground cinnamon and cinnamon syrup if desired. 
  6. Enjoy this drink hot!

For cinnamon syrup

  1. 3/4 cup brown sugar, ¼ cup white sugar, and half-cup water, 1 teaspoon vanilla with 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  2. Combine the ingredients and cook until making a good syrup
  3. Make it medium-high heat and stir until it makes a good consistency
  4. Cook until the sugar dissolve and the cinnamon is combined for 5 minutes

FAQs

1. How Does Starbucks Barista Remember Drinks?

To make the Starbucks barista drinks memorize, you can follow some tips:

Make a good mental image of the drinks
Break the glasses down into steps
Use the mnemonic machine
Prepare a cheat sheet
Practice the drink-making at home

2. What does Every Starbucks Barista Have To Know?

The seven Starbucks barista techniques make you master the beverage.

Know basic coffee knowledge
Know grinding techs
Espresso making perfectly
Manual and batch brewing
Recipe making and troubleshooting
Cleaning and hygiene

3. What Are The Difference Types Of Starbucks Drinks For baristas?

Hot coffees
Cold coffees
Hot teas
Hot drinks
Cold drinks
Frappuccino Beverage
Iced coffees

4. What Are The Best Starbucks Drinks For Kids?

There are the 10 best Starbucks Drinks for Barista for your kids

Steamed Vanilla Milk
Caramel Apple spice
Strawberry Cream Frappuccino
Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk
Iced Strawberry milk
White hot chocolate
Strawberry Lemonade
Hot Chocolate
Vanilla Bean Frappuccino
 Warmed Chocolate Organic Milk

5. What Is the Purple Starbucks Drink?

The sweet blackberries with tart hibiscus flavor of the Berry Hibiscus Starbucks Refresher Beverage with coconut milk cream, ice, and making a refreshing sip.

Wrapping it up!

We hope you have enjoyed our above Starbucks drink recipes for Barista. Select your favorite recipe from that list. Just organize all ingredients, prepare any drink instantly, and surprise your family or friends. Confirm the complete nutrition and calories that make you strong for the whole day.

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