Taste profile
Easy, dessert-like, soft, and smooth.
Coffee / TeaMediumHighball Glass
Cocktail guide
Frappé
Frappé combines Coffee, Milk, Sugar in a coffee / tea served in a highball glass. It is a strong fit for after dinner, date night, brunch and feels right at home in a well-stocked cocktail rotation.
Best for
Best for after dinner, date night, brunch.
Quick fact
Frappé is usually served as a coffee / tea in a highball glass, and its identity is shaped by Coffee, Milk, Sugar.
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Ingredients
Everything in the glass.
How to make it
Build it step by step.
- 1Mix together.
- 2Blend at highest blender speed for about 1 minute.
- 3Pour into a glass and drink with a straw.
- 4Notes: This works best if everything is cold (if you make fresh coffee, mix it with the milk and let it sit in the fridge for 1/2 hour.
- 5If it is not frothy, add more milk, or even just some more milk powder.
- 6The froth gradually turns to liquid at the bottom of the glass, so you will find that you can sit and drink this for about 1/2 hour, with more iced coffee continually appearing at the bottom.
- 7Very refreshing.
Method
Blended
Finish
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Taste map
Strength
Easy
Sweetness
Dessert-like
Sourness
Soft
Bitterness
Smooth
Read: Frappé is a medium non alcoholic cocktail for after dinner with Coffee, Milk, Sugar.
Texture and serve cues
-Has citrus
-Has bubbles
✓Creamy texture
✓Frozen style
Best for
Best for after dinner, date night, brunch.
Glassware
Highball Glass
More to know before you make it
A fuller read on the drink.
Flavor read
Expect round sweetness with support from Coffee, Milk, Sugar.
Best pairing
Works well with brunch dishes, salty snacks, and lighter daytime food.
Serving style
Serve in a highball glass and aim for a medium prep that still feels polished in the glass.
Where it fits
Frappé is the kind of recipe that works well as part of a broad home-cocktail collection.
Background
Why this cocktail keeps showing up.
Frappé is usually served as a coffee / tea in a highball glass, and its identity is shaped by Coffee, Milk, Sugar.
Reference cards
Category
Coffee / Tea
Alcohol
Non alcoholic
Glass
Highball Glass
Method
Blended
Updated
March 11, 2026
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