About This Iced Pistachio Latte
This iced pistachio latte is a fancy copycat of Starbucks’ famous, seasonal pistachio latte! Using pistachio cream in the latte makes a coffee drink that is creamy, nutty, flavorful, decadent, and delicious.
While Starbucks uses pistachio syrup to make their lattes, I used pistachio cream for mine. Pistachio cream is similar to Nutella. However, it is made with pistachios and milk powder instead of chocolate and hazelnuts!
For more unique coffee drink recipes on Hummingbird High, check out my Drink recipe archive! Popular recipes include Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam (A Copycat Starbucks Recipe), Vietnamese Egg Coffee, and this famous Creamy & Light Dalgona Coffee Recipe.
Let’s Talk About Pistachio Cream
Pistachio cream is similar to Nutella, but without the chocolate and made with pistachios instead of hazelnuts! However, don’t confuse it with nut butter. While nut butter tends to be made exclusively from nuts, pistachio cream contains other ingredients like sugar, milk powder, and olive oil. These ingredients give the cream an extra smooth and velvety texture.
Where can you buy pistachio cream?
I found a huge jar of Pisti Pistachio Cream at my local Costco. Doing so is what inspired this recipe! But you can also find smaller (but more expensive, ugh) jars online on Amazon.
From their selection, I can recommend the following brands: Il Colle Del Gusto Pistacchiosa, Pisti Cream of Pistachio (it’s what I used!), and Vincente Sicilian Cream of Pistachio Nut Spread.
I don’t want to buy pistachio cream. Can I make my own pistachio butter instead?
Technically yes, but I’m not sure I recommend it. I mentioned before that pistachio cream is different from pistachio nut butter. Pistachio cream contains other ingredients like milk powder, sugar, and oil to give it its extra creamy, sweet, and luscious texture.
Pistachio butter, especially the homemade kind, will be a lot more chunky and have the texture of a natural chunky peanut butter. It also won’t be as sweet. While you can still make an iced pistachio latte with it, your drink will probably be less sweet than mine. It will also be gritty and nutty, since homemade butters tend to be chunky.
But if you insist, you can look up a recipe for homemade pistachio butter and give it a try!
Video: How To Make An Iced Pistachio Latte
The video below shows the basic steps to make an iced pistachio latte from scratch:
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My Best Recipe Tips
For Styling The Latte
- When spreading the pistachio cream in the glass, use a small rubber spatula to “swoop” the pistachio cream across the bottom and up the sides of the glass. Doing so makes a pretty drink, but also distributes the cream more evenly.
If you’d like to see a visual of this technique, watch the video above. I used this rubber spatula to spread the pistachio cream.
And Serving It, Too!
- To serve the iced pistachio latte, serve with a straw. Use the straw to stir and scrape the pistachio cream into the drink before enjoying.
Get the Recipe: Iced Pistachio Latte Recipe
Ingredients
For the Iced Pistachio Latte
- 1 Tablespoon pistachio cream
- 1 cup (8 ounces or 227 grams) cold milk (preferably 2%)
- ½ cup ice
- 1 (1-ounce) shot espresso
Instructions
For the Iced Pistachio Latte
- First, swirl the pistachio cream. Scrape the pistachio cream into the bottom of a clear, 12-ounce glass. Use a small rubber spatula or spoon to spread the cream across the bottom and up the sides of the glass.
- Serve immediately. Pour the milk into the glass, add the ice, then pour the espresso on top. Serve immediately with a straw.
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Absolutely delicious! I made mine with 1 oz of strong black tea, since I don’t care for coffee. It was fabulous. Thank you for introducing me to pistachio cream!
Is there a way to get more of that pistachio flavor in the coffee? Ice made the pistachio butter harden up a bit Is it possible to melt the pistachio butter and mix it with espresso or just melt it in the microwave a bit. Had to add a bit of sweetener to get rid of the straight coffee taste. Other than that love the idea gonna keep experimenting wi the it!
Hello! Is there a recipe for the pistachio cream?
Hi Michelle,
I think I’m missing something. I can’t find a recipe or recipe link for the pistachio cream so I can’t make the recipe
You don’t make the pistachio cream—you buy it! I bought mine at Costco but it’s also available online: https://amzn.to/3Jqb2dY
This didn’t work bc the pistachio cream became solid and didn’t melt into the milk at all. I must not be the only one with this problem.
Mine did not taste of pistachio either. When I used the straw the cream was in solid lumps like the ice had made it harder and it was totally separate to the coffee.
I thought about melting the cream into the coffee first then adding the milk.
Adding it just to the glass does absolutely nothing except colour it.