Your Summer Rotation Sorted With 7 Iced Coffees You Can Easily Make At Home

9th Nov 2026

Written by:

Benjamin Fitzgerald
Contributor | Urban List Adelaide

We know. One of life’s simplest pleasures is the first sip of your morning coffee. And while heading to a cafe is certainly part of many good morning rituals, what if you could get your daily caffeine fix that rivals your local haunt, in the comfort and convenience of your own kitchen.

Well, with De'Longhi’s Eletta Explore coffee machine, you can. And you don’t need to be a barista to make your perfect brew.

The secret is the machine’s effortless brewing system. A simple interface with colour touch icons will get the coffee party started, and, with the touch of a button, you can calibrate the grind, dose, and temperature to match the specific roast profile of your chosen coffee beans (fancy). Then you've also got dual milk carafes frothing up cafe-worthy foam, with temperature adjustments for both hot and iced milk beverages, depending on the weather and your mood.

Hand holding traditional iced latte in front of the delonghi eletta explore coffee machine

There’s even something for cold brew connoisseurs, with the machine automating the entire process (think grinding, tamping, and infusing your beans with room-temperature water) in just five minutes, making quick work of what usually takes 24 hours to get the chilled, smooth black brew in your hands.

De'Longhi's wifi capabilities also let you connect remotely to your coffee machine from your phone, with a touch of personalisation via the machine’s dedicated Coffee Link app, allowing you to customise your drinks from anywhere in the home (like, your bed at 6am).

With all this tech excitement, it’s easy to forget about the finer things—the drinks themselves. And with the mercury rising, nothing says summer more than an iced coffee.

From the more than 50 cold and hot coffee options you can make using this one machine, here are 7 fun iced coffee recipes that are a breeze to make using the new De'Longhi Eletta Explore.

And if you're tempted to snap one up, De'Longhi has 30% off plus a bonus gift on select coffee machines, and plenty more offers up their sleeve for Black Friday.

Cold Brew Affogato

2 scoops vanilla or salted caramel ice cream
½ cup cold brew
Optional: chocolate shavings

Put 2 (generous) scoops of your fave ice cream (vanilla or salted caramel are our top contenders here) into a glass or small dessert cup.

Next, make a half cup of cold brew, and then pour that over the ice cream. Finish with chocolate shavings if you're feeling decadent.

Vietnamese-Style Cold Brew

A hand holding a glass of Vietnamese style cold brew coffee

1–2 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
¾ cup cold brew
Ice
Optional: splash of milk

Still in the realm of a dessert coffee, but a little more make-and-go, this Vietnam-style cold brew is sure to hit the sweet spot.

Once the cold brew is made, stir the condensed milk and cold brew together, then pour over plenty of ice. For that extra creamy latte taste, add your fave milk choice.

Coconut Pandan Cold Brew

¾ cup cold brew
¼ cup coconut milk
1–2 tsp condensed milk or sugar syrup
1–2 drops pandan extract
Ice

Continuing this Southeast Asian coffee journey, go ahead and mix the coconut milk, sweetener and pandan, then pour over iced cold brew.

Give it a good stir to make sure the pandan, in particular, is blended through. Oh, and word to the wise, go lightly with the pandan—it’s powerful.

Orange Cold Brew Tonic

½ cup cold brew
½ cup tonic water
1 strip of orange peel or 2 orange slices
Ice
Optional: dash of vanilla syrup

What’s better than a morning coffee with a Sunday brunch? A morning mocktail, of course.

First, fill a glass with ice, then add tonic.

Next, slowly pour over the cold brew for a layered effect and watch the magic happen.

Add your fresh orange and, if you’re more of a sweet tooth, add a dash of vanilla syrup to taste.

Salted Maple Cream Cold Brew

¾ cup cold brew
¼ cup cream or milk
1 tbsp maple syrup
Tiny pinch of salt
Ice

This salted maple cream cold brew is giving Canadian summer by the lake and we’re here for it.

First, place the cream, maple syrup and salt in a cup or bowl and froth until slightly thickened.

Next, pour your cold brew over ice and then delicately place the cream mixture over the coffee.

Leave it layered, or stir it all together, this is your coffee party.

Biscoff Cold Brew

a hand holding a glass of biscoff cold brew in front of delonghi coffee machine

1 tbsp Biscoff spread
¼ cup warm milk
¾ cup cold brew
Ice
Optional: crushed Biscoff biscuit

If you eat Biscoff spread out of the jar like we do, this brew is for you.

Take a generous spoonful of Biscoff and mix it into warm milk (so it breaks down quicker) until smooth.

Pour the mixture over your cold brew, and add biscuit crumbs on the top for some extra crunch.

Honeycomb Cold Brew Float

¾ cup cold brew
1 scoop honeycomb ice cream
Splash of milk
Crushed honeycomb or Violet Crumble

Pour your cold brew over ice in a cup, before adding your choice of milk and adding a generous scoop of honeycomb ice cream (caramel, choc or vanilla works too).

Finish off by sprinkling crushed up honeycomb or a Violet Crumble bar for a simpler, more chocolate-heavy choice.

Mont Blanc Cold Brew

¾ cup cold brew
Ice
¼ cup thickened cream
1 tsp brown sugar or maple syrup
Tiny pinch of salt
Orange zest
Freshly grated nutmeg

The most extravagant coffee on this list, the Mont Blanc is for when you’re feeling fancy, or have guests you want to impress.

Firstly, fill a glass with ice and cold brew. Lightly whip the cream with the brown sugar and salt until it’s silky and just thick enough to float (that’s the snow on the mountain part of the drink).

Gently pour it over the coffee, before finishing with orange zest and a dusting of nutmeg.

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