As a barista from the big mermaid store chain, here's some recommendations to become a better at home barista for the drinks you love. This edition is specifically targeting the iced lattes you can get with the siren. Somne of your faves of vanilla, ...
Sections
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Keurig Edition
Nespresso Edition
Whole Bean
Milk
Syrups
Keurig Edition
For all the K-cup users out there.
The only espresso pods to use for lattes. The other flavors and blonde roast/decaf/half-calf are not going to create the same taste as a latte. You can use other pods for flavored brewed coffee.
Espresso Roast - K-Cup ® Pods
Nespresso Edition
For all the baddies ( hey there!) who use the nepresso machine.
For lattes use either the espresso or blonde espresso pods.
Starbucks® by Nespresso - Coffee pods | Nespresso USA PRO
another option including those with vertuo.
Starbucks by Nespresso Original Line Pods Light Roast Coffee Blonde ...
Whole Bean
For those who grind and use french press yeaaaaa….
The only whole bean option on lattes. Remember when you grind to get a finely ground bean. Pro tip- your local store should grind it for you and the freshness of a ground bag will be best within 14 days.
Espresso Roast: Starbucks Coffee Company
Milk
Latte me up baby.
2% is the standard for all lattes. For any size glass use ¾ cup. And the mermaids direction is to use espresso first, then syrup, then milk, then ice.
2% Reduced Fat Milk - 1gal - Good & Gather
This will give you a “skinny” latte. if you want to make it vanilla use sugar free syrup. And remember use ¾ of the cup size you are using.
Skim Fat Free Milk - 1gal - Good & Gather
One of my faves for oatmilk. Its creamy and has a good flavor profile.
Oatmilk Barista Edition
another good option for oatmilk. this also froths very well.
Extra Creamy Oatmilk
for those who like almond milk this is similar to what they use.
Silk® Almondmilk Beverages
The closest brand to the siren's coconut milk
Organic Original Unsweetened Coconutmilk
pretty similar to the sirens soy milk
Original Soymilk | Silk®
honestly one of my favorite lactose free milks. it even has a little more protein.
Fairlife
Syrups
To add the flavoorrrr baby.
One option to use for vanilla lattes. Just remember the siren uses pumps. I would say pumps are equivalent to ¼ ounce per pump, so smaller glasses use about 2 pumps and larger about 4 pumps. or more for your hearts desire.
French Vanilla Syrup
One option to use for vanilla lattes. Just remember the siren uses pumps. I would say pumps are equivalent to ¼ ounce per pump, so smaller glasses use about 2 pumps and larger about 4 pumps. or more for your hearts desire.
Vanilla Flavored Syrup
Another sugar free option.
Sugar Free Caramel Syrup
another sugar free option.
Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup
For my sugar free besties out there.
Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup
This is for a homemade vanilla syrup.
1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 vanilla bean( 1 ½ tbsp vanilla extract)
1. Cut vanilla bean in half length wise. Or if using vanilla extract refer to step 3. 2. Add the sugar, vanilla bean, and water to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to a simmer for 5 minutes. 3. Once COOLED strain out the bean or if using extract add in the mixture.
