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!
- 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)
- ½ 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
- 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!
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My mom drinks her coffee with some cream.
Thanks for sharing how to make a latte without a fancy espresso machine.
Thank you so much for commenting, and you’re so welcome, this recipe not needing a fancy machine is my go to!!
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.
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!
My mother has passed but she loved her coffee with cream and sugar.
Thank you for sharing how she liked her coffee Susie!
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.
Thank you for sharing your story Denise, your mother sounds like she was an amazing woman!
Thai iced coffee is the only way my mom drinks coffee.
Thai iced coffee is amazing!!
Mom loves her coffee iced in the summer and then black with just a splash of cream in the winter. Simple but good.
Simple but good is always amazing!
My mom likes her coffee with cream and sugar substitute.
YUM! Thanks for commenting!
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.
I need to learn how to drink black coffee too, I love sweetness and cream!
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!
Mochas are amazing too 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
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!
Oh yum, your favorite coffee drink sounds amazing
My mom has been gone for almost four years, but wasn’t a daily coffee drinker. Since dad didn’t drink coffee, she only made coffee when we had company or when she had some of her friends over for something she baked (she was a GOOD COOK!). As a result, I don’t drink much coffee but occasionally DO like iced coffee. Your salted honey latte recipe sounds delicious!!
She sounds like she was an awesome woman! I too love iced coffee every once in a while, thank you for commenting!
Mom’s preference is simple black coffee! ☕️
Classics are always amazing!
My mom’s Starbucks order is always the same – grande peppermint latte!
Oh yum, the peppermint lattes always remind me of the holidays