17 Easy Breakfast Drink Recipes

By Jee Choe

on Mar 20, 2024

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Start each morning with any of these delicious drinks, from coffee to tea to nutritious smoothies. Try them all!

6 different breakfast drinks.

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Easy Breakfast Drinks

This collection of easy breakfast drinks range from coffees, teas, and smoothies. Find your new favorite breakfast drink here!

17 Breakfast Drink Recipes

1. Americano

The Americano is a simple drink made with espresso and hot water. It's like brewed coffee from a coffee machine, but more intense.
The proper way to make an Americano is with hot water in the mug, then pouring espresso shots on top. Get step-by-step instructions with expert tips.
Ingredients: Espresso, water
AMERICANO

2. Caramel Macchiato

A recreation of the Starbucks popular Caramel Macchiato, it's so easy to make this hot coffee drink in just 5 minutes.
This drink is essentially a vanilla latte with caramel drizzle but made “upside down” by adding the milk in first into the cup instead of the espresso.
Ingredients: Espresso, vanilla syrup, milk, caramel syrup
CARAMEL MACCHIATO

3. Milk Tea

A brisk black tea with sugar and half & half, this decadent drink is so simple to make properly. It’s smooth, sweet, and creamy, just as milk tea should taste.
Get tips from a Tea Sommelier to make it perfect each and every time.
Ingredients: Black tea, water, half & half, brown sugar
MILK TEA

4. Iced Matcha Latte

One of the easiest drinks to recreate, the homemade Starbucks Iced Matcha Latte is so easy to make with only 4 ingredients.
This copycat recipe doesn’t use sweetened matcha. Instead, regular matcha and simple syrup is used, just like how it’s made in Starbucks in Canada, where they don’t use sweetened matcha.
Ingredients: Matcha, simple syrup, 2% milk, ice
ICED MATCHA LATTE

5. Iced Americano

With just 3 ingredients consisting of ice, espresso, and water, an Iced Americano is one of the easiest and simplest espresso drinks to make.
The drink must be made with espresso to be called an Iced Americano. Espresso can be made in an espresso machine or a Nespresso.
Ingredients: Espresso, water, ice
ICED AMERICANO

6. Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew

Refreshing cold brew coffee is sweetened with caramel and topped with salted caramel cold foam.
Perfect cold foam is easily made at home using a French press. It’s flavored with vanilla and salt to make it perfectly sweet and salty.
Ingredients: Cold brew coffee, caramel sauce, half & half, vanilla syrup, sea salt, ice
SALTED CARAMEL CREAM COLD BREW

7. Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew

Delicious vanilla flavored cold brew with sweet cream, this Starbucks copycat recipe recreates this easy drink.
This drink is perfect for anyone that loves strongly brewed coffee taste mellowed down with a little sweetened cream.
Cold brew coffee is made in-store at Starbucks by steeping ground coffee in cold water for 20 hours. It’s super easy to do the same at home.
Ingredients: Cold brew coffee, vanilla syrup, half & half, ice
VANILLA SWEET CREAM COLD BREW

8. Iced Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte

Starbucks makes their Iced Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte with Royal English Breakfast tea, 2% milk, liquid cane sugar, and ice. This recipe uses similar ingredients to make it taste just like the one at Starbucks.
The baristas at Starbucks handshake their tea lattes in a large plastic cocktail shaker, which is why it has that nice foamy layer on the top. If you don’t already have a cocktail shaker, you can use a large jar with a tight lid.
Ingredients: English breakfast tea bags, water, white sugar, turbinado sugar, milk, ice
ICED ROYAL ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA LATTE

9. Cinnamon Dolce Latte

Espresso, milk, and cinnamon syrup are combined to make this easy, Starbucks copycat Cinnamon Dolce Latte drink at home.
The drink is topped off with a homemade lush and fluffy vanilla flavored whipped cream that’s quick and easy to make with a handheld milk frother.
Ingredients: Espresso, milk, cinnamon syrup, heavy cream, vanilla syrup, cinnamon sugar topping
CINNAMON DOLCE LATTE

10. Coffee Smoothie

This 4-ingredient coffee smoothie is a refreshing alternative to iced lattes.
This smoothie is more filling that plain coffee and packed with essential nutrients. Ready in just 5 minutes, this energizing, dairy-free smoothie is perfect for busy mornings.
Ingredients: Oat milk, black coffee, hemp seeds, frozen bananas
COFFEE SMOOTHIE

11. Vietnamese Iced Coffee

See how easy it is to make refreshing Vietnamese iced coffee the traditional way using a phin filter and 4 ingredients. This recipe is sweet and creamy with a strong caffeine kick!
Get tips and step-by-step instructions to make it absolutely delicious.
Ingredients: Ground coffee, sweetened condensed milk, water, ice
VIETNAMESE ICED COFFEE

12. Matcha Smoothie

This matcha smoothie is energizing, delicious, and high in antioxidants. It's a great healthy start to the day.
It's so easy to make with only 5 minutes with 5 ingredients. Sip this matcha smoothie whenever you need a boost of energy or satisfying treat.
Ingredients: Oat milk, date syrup, matcha, baby spinach, frozen bananas
MATCHA SMOOTHIE

13. Vanilla Latte

Make vanilla latte at home in a few minutes with just 3 ingredients! This popular drink is easy to make, especially if you have a Nespresso machine.
Store-bought or homemade vanilla syrup can be used to flavor and sweeten this drink.
Ingredients: Espresso, milk, vanilla syrup
VANILLA LATTE

14. Iced Blonde Vanilla Latte

Iced Blonde Vanilla Latte is an Iced Vanilla Latte made with blonde espresso instead of regular espresso. Blonde espresso is a lightly roasted coffee bean and it’s a smoother, mellower version of regular espresso, which is a dark roast.
To make blonde espresso, you just need to buy blonde espresso coffee and make it the same way you would make espresso in an espresso machine or a Nespresso.
Ingredients: Blonde espresso, vanilla syrup, milk, ice
ICED BLONDE VANILLA LATTE

15. Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso

Starbucks shaken espresso drink with brown sugar and oat milk is easy to make at home. This recipe recreates the drink using the exact same recipe Starbucks baristas use.
To make the espresso, you'll need a Nespresso machine and blonde espresso.
Ingredients: Blonde espresso, brown sugar syrup, oat milk, ground cinnamon, ice
ICED BROWN SUGAR OATMILK SHAKEN ESPRESSO

16. Oatmeal Smoothie

This filling and healthy oatmeal smoothie takes just 5 minutes to make. It’s so easy to make in a blender at home.
It’s flavored with cinnamon and Medjool date, which is naturally sweet. This simple smoothie is a perfect way to start the day as a tasty breakfast or an afternoon treat.
Ingredients: Milk, Greek yogurt, rolled oats, cinnamon, Medjool date, frozen banana
OATMEAL SMOOTHIE

17. Greek Yogurt Smoothie

Creamy and delicious, this Greek yogurt smoothie is ready in only 5 minutes using 5 ingredients.
The combination of protein powder and Greek yogurt makes this drink filling. Enjoy it for breakfast or as a snack in between meals.
Ingredients: Milk, Greek yogurt, Medjool date, vanilla protein powder, frozen bananas
GREEK YOGURT SMOOTHIE

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