2-Ingredient Cold Foam
on Jul 10, 2026
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Top your iced tea with decadent, creamy cold foam with my super easy recipe.
Cold Foam
My trick to making any iced drink decadent is by topping it off with cold foam. And with my cold foam shortcut, it can be made in about a minute with just 2 ingredients.
Cold foam is frothed milk that’s made without heat or steam. It’s a creamy, velvety, and so fluffy.
Note from Jee
Even before Starbucks came out with cold foam, I was making something very similar that I called “milk cloud” where I made a pourable whipped cream with a sugar and a pinch of salt.
Once Starbucks came out with their cold foam, I studied their recipe and came up with this shortcut version that uses half & half. Half & half is half cream and half milk and it’s found in the dairy case next to the milk.
Ingredient Notes
- Half & Half: Half cream and half milk, the cream half is the key to getting perfect cold foam. Milk can be made into cold foam but it’ll be thin and not very fluffy.
- Sugar: I use white or cane sugar but you can also use simple syrup. Avoid using turbinado sugar which is bigger and harder to dissolve.
For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
How to Make Cold Foam
Whisk half & half and sugar using a handheld milk frother until it doubles in volume. It should take about 20 seconds. You want it to be pourable so don’t whisk for too long. It’s ready to be poured onto an iced drink immediately.
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2-Ingredient Cold Foam
Ingredients
- ¼ cup half & half
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Instructions
- Put half & half and sugar into a tall container.
- Whisk half & half and sugar using a handheld milk frother until it doubles in volume. This should take about 20 seconds. You want it to be pourable so don't whisk for too long.
- Pour cold foam on top of an iced drink.Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
