Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew Coffee {Starbucks Copycat}

This Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew Coffee is a copycat of the Starbucks recipe and is perfect for fall. Plus, it’s made with real pumpkin!

Ingredients and substitutions

• Filtered water – you can use tap water or bottled water, I just find filtered water tastes best.
• Ground coffee – use your favourite ground coffee variety.

Vanilla syrup

• Sugar – use any cup-for-cup sugar substitute of your choice.
• Vanilla – almond extract will work but will have a different flavour.

Pumpkin spice mix

• Cinnamon – double up on the nutmeg if you don’t have any cinnamon.
• Nutmeg – use more cinnamon or even mace.
• Ginger – add in some more allspice instead.
• Allspice – cloves are the best substitute here.

Pumpkin cream

• Milk – feel free to use any dairy or dairy-free milk of your choice.
• Whipping cream – pureed tofu or coconut cream would both work instead of whipping cream.
• Pumpkin puree – this is pretty essential to the recipe. You can try swapping for mashed banana but it will have a very different flavour.
• Pumpkin spice mix – see ingredients above.
• Vanilla syrup – see ingredients above.

How to make cold brew coffee

1. Mix together the water and ground coffee.
2. Store overnight in the fridge.
3. Place a cheesecloth over the pitcher.
4. Pour the coffee through the cheesecloth.
5. Ensure there’s no coffee grounds in the liquid.
6. Store in a pitcher for later.

How to make pumpkin cream cold brew

1. Make the vanilla syrup.
2. Mix together the pumpkin spice.
3. Assemble your ingredients.
4. Make the pumpkin cream.
5. Add everything to a glass.
6. Serve and enjoy!

How to make this drink vegan

With just a few small changes, this drink easily fits into your vegan diet.

I use dairy milk and whipping cream for the pumpkin cream. Those can easily be switched with non-dairy milk. Coconut milk is a great option because it is already thicker and more creamy than dairy milk.

A good substitute for whipping cream is pureed tofu or coconut cream. It will give the drink a thicker texture plus add some protein. That's all it takes to make this pumpkin cold cream drink vegan!

Frequently Asked Questions

Storing components of this drink for later

Since you have to make each of the ingredients separately for this drink, it’s great to know that you can store them for later. You can make multiple batches of this drink or use the ingredients for other favourite drinks.

The cold brew coffee can stay in the refrigerator for a week. Unlike regular coffee that starts to lose its flavour almost instantly, cold brew will still taste great for days.

In addition to the cold brew, the pumpkin spice mix can be stored for up to 3 months in the pantry, the pumpkin cream will last in the fridge for up to 7 days before frothing and the vanilla syrup will stay good in the fridge for up to 2 months.

More Starbucks drink recipes

• Skinny Peppermint Mocha Recipe
• Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Frappucinos
• Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew

Meal prep tools for this recipe

• Get some cheesecloth to strain the coffee.
• I use smaller 4oz jars for storing homemade spice mixes (and just regular spices) such as the pumpkin spice blend.