When you’re in need of a little pick-me-up and but don’t want to go to a cafe, I highly recommend making this homemade iced salted honey latte recipe. AND, this homemade latte doesn’t require a fancy espresso machine! All you need is a jar (or container with a lid) and a microwave!
You’re going to fall in love with this recipe so much!
After making a latte at home without an espresso machine, I honestly asked myself why I hadn’t done it sooner!
While you may be used to hearing ‘salted caramel’ as a flavor combination – which, I admit is a awesome (I mean, I have shared a recipe for the best salted caramel chocolate chip cookies) – have you ever tried salted honey?
Years ago I had an iced salted honey latte at a cafe, and I could not stop thinking about it.
Every time I went back, I would ask for the drink, but they changed their specials and were never able to replicate it.
As I’ve been bombarded with so much work lately, I’ve felt like a busy bee, and as I was dreaming up sitting in a cafe relaxing, I knew it was a salted honey latte I’d want to be drinking.
Do you prefer iced or hot drinks? For me, it’s iced all the way! Even in the dead of winter, I love a nice iced beverage!
Ok, now lets talk about how this is made at home. All you do is put milk in a jar with a secure lid, shake it vigorously, then remove the cap and microwave it, and voila, you have milk foam for your drink! I had come across this article on how to make a latte at home by The Kitchn and was curious if it worked. Sure enough, worked like a charm!
It’s true — you don’t need a fancy foamer to make frothy milk at home! It’s actually really easy to make it in the microwave. All you do is shake nonfat or 2% milk in a jam jar until it’s foamy, take off the lid, and microwave it for a few seconds. You get spoonfuls of foam, plus warm milk to pour in your latte.
I like to buy premade iced coffee (cold brew or espresso work great), but you could brew coffee for this recipe too.
Next time you need a little pick-me-up, I’d highly recommend these homemade iced salted caramel lattes, they’re the perfect combination of salty and subtle sweetness!
Other recipes you might enjoy:
Homemade Iced Salted Honey Latte Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup coffee or espresso, at room temperate (if you want a warm latte, you can leave your coffee warm and omit the ice)
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar this just gives it a hint of sweetness, add more or less depending on preference
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon flaked sea salt
Instructions
- In a jar with a lid, pour milk (nonfat or 2%) and shake vigorously back and forth for a minute, until foamy. Take off the lid, and microwave it for 15 seconds.
- Fill two large glasses (or mason jars) with ice. Pour coffee evenly between the glasses. Sprinkle a little sugar in each glass.
- Using a spoon, hold back the foam and pour a little milk into each glass. Then take spoonfuls of the foam to add on top of the latte. Drizzle honey over each latte and top with flaked sea salt (this one is my favorite). Stir to combine and enjoy!
Sherrie Cobb-Sanchez says
My Mom has never been a coffee drinker(in almost 89yrs) but my fav. “me drink” is fresh brewed coffe w/Dutch cocoa powder, fat-free/sugar-free creamer, Truvia/stevia. yummmmo!
Sweetphi says
Oh yum, your favorite coffee drink sounds amazing
Holly says
My mom actually doesn’t like coffee much, but I have gotten her to drink a mocha (die hard chocolate lover). Thanks for the yummy latte!
Sweetphi says
Mochas are amazing too 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Nancy S. says
MY mom loves straight up black coffee. She never drank coffee until she moved from her hometown to a larger mostly Swedish town in Illinois. They taught her how to drink black coffee. I personally need a little sweetness and light.
Sweetphi says
I need to learn how to drink black coffee too, I love sweetness and cream!
Diane Wene Bartman says
My mom likes her coffee with cream and sugar substitute.
Sweetphi says
YUM! Thanks for commenting!
Anna says
Mom loves her coffee iced in the summer and then black with just a splash of cream in the winter. Simple but good.
Sweetphi says
Simple but good is always amazing!
Rebecca S. says
Thai iced coffee is the only way my mom drinks coffee.
Sweetphi says
Thai iced coffee is amazing!!
Denise says
My mother will be gone to Heaven 26 years ago tomorrow. She drank her coffee black, but would occasionally add cream and sugar if she was having guests for dinner. I still remember the old electric percolator she would bring out for company, and how delicious the coffee smelled as it was brewing.
Sweetphi says
Thank you for sharing your story Denise, your mother sounds like she was an amazing woman!
Susie Brown says
My mother has passed but she loved her coffee with cream and sugar.
Sweetphi says
Thank you for sharing how she liked her coffee Susie!
Erik says
Well, my Mother never drank coffee due to a heart condition. But, the Momma of my daughter loves cold brew, especially when it’s been aged in bourbon barrels. Hawthorne is our local go to for it, but Cafe de Arts has a cagnac barrel aged cold brew as well that she likes.
Sweetphi says
Oh I love Hawthorne coffee – I haven’t tried Cafe de Arts, so I’m definitely going to have to look that up, cold brew is the best!
Candice says
My mom drinks her coffee with some cream.
Thanks for sharing how to make a latte without a fancy espresso machine.
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much for commenting, and you’re so welcome, this recipe not needing a fancy machine is my go to!!
Sharon says
Medium roast Community coffee with real cream and sugar.
Sweetphi says
Yum!
Stacy says
My mom drank her coffee black – and all day long.
Sweetphi says
That sounds awesome, I really need to learn how to drink black coffee!
Lexie says
Yum! This sounds great. I’ve been looking for ways to use the honey cacao spread that I have at home, and I bet this would be amazing.
My mom (and I) are both usually black coffee drinkers. 🙂
Sweetphi says
Thank you for commenting! I totally need to learn how to drink black coffee.
Elizabeth says
My mom doesn’t drink coffee (?) but she likes a good chai latte!
Sweetphi says
Chai lattes totally count 😉
Trista says
My mom loves coffee with cream and sugar, or flavored cream. She used to drink it like her life depended on it lol. Now that I’m a mom, my favorite drink is iced tea! I love herbal and flavored iced teas, no sugar!
Sweetphi says
Hi Trista, I can relate to you and your mom. Sometimes I drink coffee like my life depends on it, and then I’ll take a little break and get hooked on iced teas!
Lisa says
My mom was a black coffee drinker. They didn’t have all the options we have now, but I am sure she would have liked to try them.. Miss her everyday
Sweetphi says
Aw, that’s such a sweet comment about your mother, thank you for sharing!
Lisa Bycott says
Plain black coffee for my mom…every day! I do remember my grandma would drink Sanka!
Sweetphi says
I definitely need to learn to drink black coffee, i just like it with cream and sugar 🙂
Leah says
This looks delicious! My mom drinks her coffee with milk and sweet-n-low. She probably would try this recipe to “branch out” and I know I will! Thanks and Happy Mother’s Day!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much, I hope if you do try this recipe you love it as much as I do!
Rachael says
This looks so tasty! My mom loves a dark roast coffee (Community all the way!) with vanilla creamer in it.
Sweetphi says
That sounds so yummy! Thank you so much for commenting and sharing!!
Susan Craig says
My Mom takes her coffee wit a little 2% milk and no sweetener. She would love this recipe!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much for commenting, I hope she enjoys it if she tries it
Rose W says
Love a bold hot coffee with half and half! Simple
Sweetphi says
A good simple coffee is always delicious!
Kim Henrichs says
Okay this looks amaaaaaaaaaazing!! My mom loved coffee like me so much and had it with a good splash of cream.
Sweetphi says
YUM, sounds amazing
Jody Ventura says
My Mom likes her coffee with a splash of milk. My Mom has to have her coffee HOT. Once it cools she won’t drink it. Not like me where I am always putting my mug down only to find it half drunk and cold. I would like to try this recipe for Mother’s Day. I might spike it with a little Kalua!
Sweetphi says
I love your temperature story, sounds so much like me and my mother lol! Hope you enjoy this recipe, that splash of kalua sounds amazing!
Leann G says
My mom likes plain ol black coffee.
Sweetphi says
I love coffee, but am totally not brave enough to have it just black!
Laurie Straub says
My mom always drank her coffee black. Her and her sisters would get together every Sunday after church and have a coffee klatsch.
Sweetphi says
What a lovely tradition, thank you for sharing!
Jeffrey says
I always remember my mom drinking a cup of coffee in the morning. She added creamer, the color was always like that of a nice caramel. These days its all about convenience and she opts for a cup made with the Keurig, normally French Vanilla is her flavor of choice! My dad used the machine for hot chocolate in the winter months, we buy him a box of the cups for Christmas every year.
Sweetphi says
I love this story, thank you so much for sharing. It also sounds so much like my parents, my mom loves the Keurig now too!
Amy C. says
My mom and I both enjoy iced coffee in the warmer months.
Sweetphi says
I LOVE iced coffee (warm or cold weather lol).
Cassie says
My mom likes her coffee with half and half and sugar!
Mitzi Gyarmathy says
My mom HAS to have her coffee in the morning. When we travel, her first priority is where to find her morning coffee she likes it with the dry coffee mate cream (old school)! I’m going to surprise her and make this recipe for her when she comes over for Mother’s Day in Sunday! Thanks for sharing with us!
Sweetphi says
I feel like I’m the same way, when I travel I love knowing where I’m going to be getting my coffee from.
Sweetphi says
That’s exactly how I like my coffee 🙂
Mary W says
Mom’s favorite coffee drink was plain black coffee. It didn’t even have to be hot. She drank coffee all day long. I remember her reading a good novel at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee by her side.
Sweetphi says
Awww, I love this story, thank you for sharing!
Susan P. says
My mom drank her coffee black. Sometimes, she would take instant coffee and just add tap water and drink it. Maybe that was her version of cold brewed in the 1970s.
Sweetphi says
I love that that was maybe her version of cold brewed in the 70s lol, I love cold coffee!