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Avocado Coffee: A Creamy Kopi Alpukat Recipe

By Mara EllisonPublished Updated 6 min read

Avocado coffee combines ripe avocado with coffee, often sweetened with condensed milk. Indonesian recipes call it kopi alpukat, or es kopi alpukat when iced. This home version blends the ingredients with chilled ready-to-drink cold brew into a creamy smoothie, without ice cream.

Glass of blended avocado coffee in a muted coffee-brown color beside a ripe avocado and black coffee
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Generated illustration of the blended home recipe. Coffee changes the avocado’s green color; this is not a photograph of recipe testing.

Drink Snapshot

Caffeine
About 40 mg, named coffee example120 ml STōK UN-SWEET Black, 48 oz bottleCalculated from the named ready-to-drink coffee. Another brand, concentrate or home brew can have different caffeine.
Calories
About 200 kcalDefined recipe, no ice cream or syrupCounts avocado, coffee and regular sweetened condensed milk. Weigh edible avocado flesh, excluding skin and pit.
Serving, sugar and sources
Serving
80 g avocado, 120 ml ready-to-drink coffee, 20 g sweetened condensed milk and 80 g ice; one drink
Made with
Ripe avocado blended with chilled black coffee and sweetened condensed milk
Sugar
About 11.8 g total. Most comes from the sweetened condensed milk. This is not an unsweetened or dairy-free recipe.
Preparation
About 5 minutes with coffee already brewed and chilled

USDA avocado composition and named US coffee and condensed-milk labels support the estimates. They describe this serving, not all kopi alpukat recipes. See the full calculation or label comparison.

Key Takeaways

  • 1Use ripe avocado and an ice-capable blender. Blend the fruit, coffee and condensed milk smooth before adding the ice.
  • 2The coffee must already be cold and ready to drink. Dilute a concentrate according to its instructions before measuring 120 ml.
  • 3One serving is about 200 kcal, 11.8 g total sugar and 40 mg caffeine using the named coffee reference. It contains milk.
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What Is Kopi Alpukat?

Kopi alpukat is avocado coffee; es kopi alpukat is an iced version. The avocado supplies a thick fruit base rather than behaving like a splash of milk. Coffee adds its own flavor and color, so a fully blended drink can be beige or brown rather than vivid green.

There is more than one way to assemble it. Nescafé Indonesia’s es kopi alpukat recipe puts coffee over a blended avocado mixture and includes ice cream. Avocados From Mexico publishes a blended version using cooled coffee and condensed milk. These examples establish different preparations, not a single compulsory ratio or a documented inventor.

The recipe below blends everything into an avocado coffee smoothie. It is a defined home version, not a reproduction of either manufacturer’s formula. If you want coffee over a coconut slush instead, see Vietnamese coconut coffee.

Blended Avocado Coffee Recipe

Makes: one drink · Time: about 5 minutes · Glass: 400 ml capacity. Start with prepared, chilled coffee and ripe avocado. Brewing and cooling the coffee are separate preparation time.

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Ingredients

  • 80 g ripe avocado flesh, skin and pit removed
  • 120 ml chilled, unsweetened ready-to-drink cold brew
  • 20 g regular sweetened condensed milk
  • 80 g ice

Use a blender rated to crush ice, a scale, measuring jug, knife, cutting board and glass. Sweetened condensed milk is not evaporated milk: the latter does not provide the same sweetness. The recipe contains milk and includes no syrup, ice cream or chocolate topping.

For homemade coffee, prepare the cold brew in advance. Dilute concentrate to drinking strength before measuring the 120 ml portion. The named bottled coffee used for the nutrition example is already ready to drink.

Method

  1. Prepare the avocado. Wash the whole fruit before cutting, remove the skin and pit, and weigh 80 g of ripe flesh.
  2. Blend the base. Add the avocado, chilled ready-to-drink coffee and condensed milk to an ice-capable blender. Blend until smooth, following its loading instructions.
  3. Add ice and serve. Add 80 g ice and blend again until the ice is finely crushed. Pour into a 400 ml glass and serve promptly.

Blending introduces air, and avocado size and ice crushing affect the final volume. The 400 ml glass is a vessel choice, not a claim of 400 ml measured yield. Weighing the flesh is more dependable than specifying half an avocado.

Avocado coffee recipe with 80 g ripe avocado, 120 ml chilled ready-to-drink cold brew, 20 g sweetened condensed milk and 80 g ice, blended in two stages
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Generated illustration of this measured home recipe. The fully blended drink has a different appearance from coffee poured over an avocado base.

Getting a Smooth Texture

Choose an avocado that yields to gentle pressure without feeling mushy. That practical ripeness check comes from Avocados From Mexico’s guidance. A firm, underripe avocado is a poor starting point for a smooth drink; extra condensed milk does not fix hard fruit.

Blend the fruit with the liquid first so you can deal with lumps before the ice makes the mixture thicker. Stop the blender before scraping its sides, and follow the appliance’s minimum-load and ice-handling guidance.

Adjusting avocado coffee texture and sweetness
Adjusting avocado coffee texture and sweetness
What you noticeWhat to change
Pieces of firm avocado remainCheck ripeness. For the current batch, stop and scrape down safely, then blend the liquid base again before adding ice.
The mixture will not circulateAdd 10–20 ml cold water and follow the blender’s loading instructions. This loosens the recipe without adding sugar.
It is too sweetTry 10 g condensed milk in the next serving rather than 20 g. The nutritional effect is shown below.
The coffee seems faintChoose a stronger-tasting ready-to-drink coffee next time. More condensed milk or ice will further soften its presence.
It tastes watery as it sitsServe promptly. Ice melts, so this is best assembled when you are ready to drink.

Layered, Dairy-Free and Coffee Alternatives

  • Layered presentation: reserve the prepared coffee and pour it over the blended avocado mixture, then stir as you drink. Expect a changing mix rather than the uniform smoothie pictured here.
  • Without dairy: a plant-based sweetened condensed product is an alternative, but its sweetness, allergens and nutrition require its own label. Plain plant milk is a thinner, less sweet substitution.
  • Without cold brew: use 120 ml fully chilled brewed coffee that you would drink at that strength. Its caffeine may differ from the bottled reference.
  • With ice cream: a scoop makes a different, richer serving. Count the scoop separately; it is not included in this recipe’s estimates.

Avocado Coffee Calories, Sugar and Caffeine

This serving is about 200 kcal, 11.8 g total sugar and 40 mg caffeine using the named coffee reference. The avocado is the largest energy contributor here; the sweetened condensed milk supplies most of the sugar. Calling it a smoothie does not make its nutrition interchangeable with black coffee.

For a useful adjustment, keep the 80 g avocado, 120 ml coffee and 80 g ice fixed and change only the condensed milk:

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How the condensed-milk portion changes this serving
Sweetened condensed milkEstimated calories, whole drinkEstimated total sugar
10 gAbout 165 kcal6.2 g
20 g, base recipeAbout 200 kcal11.8 g
30 gAbout 235 kcal17.5 g

The 10 g reduction removes about 33 kcal and 5.6 g sugar, while leaving the avocado portion and reference caffeine unchanged. That is an ingredient-label calculation, not a tasting result or a claim that the less-sweet version suits everyone.

Serving calculation and source assumptions

USDA’s SR28 raw avocado record lists 160 kcal and 0.66 g total sugar per 100 g: 80 g supplies 128 kcal and 0.528 g sugar. Eagle Brand’s published US nutrition table for regular canned Sweetened Condensed Milk lists 130 kcal and 22 g sugar per 39 g: the 20 g portion supplies 66.67 kcal and 11.282 g sugar.

STōK UN-SWEET Black in the 48 oz bottle, US product, lists 15 kcal and 0 g sugar per 360 ml, with approximately 125 mg caffeine per serving. Its 120 ml portion adds 5 kcal and 41.67 mg caffeine. The total is 199.67 kcal and 11.810 g sugar, displayed as about 200 kcal and 11.8 g. Caffeine is rounded to about 40 mg. The 10 g and 30 g condensed-milk variants calculate to 166.33 and 233 kcal, rounded to the nearest 5 kcal in the table.

Ice adds no calories or sugar. The estimates describe this recipe and these reference ingredients; they are not measured values for every avocado or coffee. Check your current condensed-milk package: products and labels can differ. A different coffee, milk product or added scoop of ice cream requires a new calculation.

Common Questions

Can you put avocado in coffee?
Yes. Use ripe flesh and a blender for this cold recipe. It thickens the drink; adding chunks to hot coffee will not produce the same smooth result.
Is avocado coffee the same as an avocado latte?
Names vary. Some menus use avocado latte for a milk-containing avocado coffee, but the name alone does not specify whether it is layered, blended or topped with ice cream. Ask about the ingredients.
Can I make it without condensed milk?
You can omit it, but the drink loses its main sweetener and part of its dairy body. Start by reducing it to 10 g if sweetness is your concern; plain milk is not a like-for-like replacement.
Does avocado remove caffeine?
No. This serving retains the caffeine in its 120 ml coffee portion. Avocado, condensed milk and ice change the texture and concentration, not the amount of caffeine already added.
Can I make it ahead?
Prepare and chill the coffee ahead, then cut the avocado and blend near serving. The guide does not establish a storage life for a finished homemade smoothie.

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