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Starbucks Secret Menu: The Undertow

Starbucks The Undertow Copycat Recipe

Kai Jordan
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Equipment

  • A cup
  • A tablespoon
  • An espresso machine or Moka pot

Ingredients
  

  • Two shots of Espresso
  • 1 oz of Half and Half
  • Vanilla or sugar syrup

Instructions
 

  • Add the 1 oz of chilled but unsweetened half and half in a cup.
  • Add one or more tablespoons of the simple syrup on the half and half and stir to combine them well.
  • In a separate cup, brew two shots of roast espresso. For balanced flavor, choose medium roast.
  • Hold the back of a spoon over the cup containing half and a half and pour the espresso slowly over the spoon.
  • The coffee will rest on the half and a half giving you your sweet homemade Undertow.

Notes

  • You can have your Undertow with less or no sugars than the usual levels
  • You can add in more ingredients and come up with different flavors
  • You can choose a different syrup from the commonly used vanilla syrup.