Sweet cream is one of the easiest coffee upgrades you can make at home. It’s richer than milk, pourable (unlike stiff whipped cream), and adds a subtle vanilla sweetness that makes iced coffee taste like a treat without being cloying. It’s the base for the vanilla sweet cream cold brew that’s consistently one of the top items at coffee shops — and takes about 5 minutes to make at home. ...
Cold foam turns any iced coffee or cold brew into a barista-style drink — that creamy, cloud-like layer you sip through that slowly folds into the drink as you go. The good news: you don’t need a steam wand or any special equipment. A cheap handheld frother (or even a French press) is all it takes. (For the full definitional context on the cold brew that pairs with cold foam — what cold brew actually is, the 17th-century Japanese mizudashi origin, how it differs from iced coffee and nitro, and the chemistry of cold-water extraction — see our What Is Cold Brew? guide.) ...