Lavender Latte Recipe: Hot, Iced & Syrup Amount

Lavender Latte Recipe

Makes one small hot latte in about 5 minutes with the espresso machine ready. Use a 250 ml cup to leave space for foam and pouring. That is cup capacity, not an exact finished drink volume.

Ingredients

• 18 g coffee, ground for espresso
• 160 g cold whole milk
• 10 ml Monin US regular Lavender Syrup

The named syrup makes the serving estimate reproducible. Another culinary syrup intended for drinks can work, but its strength and nutrition need their own label. Lavender extract, essential oil and dried flowers are not interchangeable with 10 ml beverage syrup.

Equipment and Preparation

Have espresso equipment, a coffee scale, a small ml measure, milk pitcher and cup ready. The espresso brewing guide explains the coffee preparation; here, 18 g is dry coffee in and 36 g is prepared espresso out. Use a pitcher and steaming setup that can handle the measured milk portion.

Method

1. Measure 10 ml lavender syrup into a warmed 250 ml cup.
2. Brew 18 g ground coffee to 36 g espresso. Add the espresso to the syrup and stir.
3. Steam 160 g cold whole milk to about 60–65°C with fine, pourable foam.
4. Swirl the milk pitcher and pour all the milk into the sweetened espresso.
5. Serve promptly. If the floral flavor is too strong, use 5 ml syrup in the next cup.

If your equipment needs extra milk in the pitcher, measure what is actually served rather than counting the leftover milk as part of the drink. For the underlying milk technique, see the plain latte guide.

How to Make an Iced Lavender Latte

For a different floral flavor, try a rose latte. It uses its own measured culinary rose syrup; rosewater and lavender syrup are not interchangeable ingredients.

Use the same 10 ml syrup and 36 g espresso, but reduce the milk to make room for ice. Stir the syrup into the espresso and let it cool briefly. Put 120 g ice in a 350 ml glass, add 120 g cold whole milk, then pour in the flavored coffee and stir. Do not steam the milk for this version.

With the same ingredient references, this iced serving is approximately 105 kcal and 13.4 g total sugar. Its espresso portion is unchanged. Melting ice dilutes the drink without removing the caffeine or sugar you added.

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Want a larger iced drink? Start with the proportions in the iced latte guide, then decide how much lavender you want. Filling a much larger glass with milk while keeping the same syrup amount will soften both the coffee and floral flavors.

How Much Lavender Syrup Goes in a Latte?

For this small serving, 10 ml is the starting recipe and 5 ml is the gentler alternative. Neither is a universal café standard. Nespresso's published lavender recipe also uses 10 ml syrup, but with a different coffee and milk serving; sharing a syrup number does not make the drinks identical.

Our label comparison keeps 36 g espresso and 160 g whole milk constant:

These are calculations from the named Monin US label, not a flavor test. Every extra 5 ml adds 15 kcal and about 3.7 g sugar. If the coffee already tastes too sweet, increasing the same syrup is unlikely to be the most useful way to chase a different lavender aroma.

Measure with a marked volume tool. A café pump count is only useful once you know how many milliliters that particular dispenser delivers.

What Does a Lavender Latte Taste Like?

Lavender adds a floral, herbal aroma to the creamy coffee base. A syrup version also brings sweetness. The balance depends on the syrup, espresso and milk; the word lavender does not specify how concentrated the flavoring is.

If it reminds you of perfume or soap, reduce the lavender portion before changing the coffee. A latte can look mostly beige even when the syrup contains purple coloring: coffee and milk determine much of the finished appearance. Color is not a reliable strength guide.

Oat Milk, Vanilla and Honey Variations

• Lavender oat milk latte: replace the whole milk with a plant drink suitable for frothing, following its heating instructions. Use the carton nutrition for the portion actually served; the whole-milk estimate no longer applies.
• Lavender vanilla latte: try 5 ml lavender syrup plus 5 ml vanilla syrup in place of the original 10 ml lavender. This is a flavor experiment, not a nutrition-equivalent exchange. The vanilla latte guide explains that ingredient separately.
• Honey lavender latte: honey adds another sweetener. Decide whether you want to replace some syrup sweetness or add more; replacing lavender syrup with honey also reduces the floral flavor. See honey latte for a measured honey version.
• Without an espresso machine: strong coffee from a moka pot is an alternative coffee base. It changes concentration and caffeine, so it does not inherit the espresso estimate here.

Fix an Overly Floral or Watery Latte

Lavender Latte Calories, Sugar and Caffeine

The hot recipe has about 130 kcal, 15.4 g total sugar and 75 mg reference caffeine. These figures describe one defined serving, not every café lavender latte. The whole-milk version contains milk; substitutions need their own ingredient and allergen checks.

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