Salted Caramel Iced Shaken Espresso Recipe – Easy At-Home Coffee

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 Hey, Confessional Crew ☕,

Let’s be honest—most of us are drinking the same lifeless, soulless, sad excuse for a “morning brew” every day. And not because we love it… but because we’re tired, late, and running on autopilot with one eye open and the other cussing at the cat.

But here’s the good news:

You don’t need a $600 espresso machine or a barista degree to make your mornings taste like something other than disappointment.

You just need one thing: a better ritual.

Let me show you what I mean.

🔥 The Daily Drip That Changed Everything

Last month, I was stuck in what I call Caffeine Purgatory—a weird space between "I need coffee to live" and "this coffee is slowly killing my will to live."

So I made a rule: no more basic brews unless they’re intentionally basic.
I started experimenting, not with crazy ingredients, but with tiny tweaks:

  • Swapping milk for oat milk + vanilla extract

  • Shaking cold brew with ice like a cocktail (it hits different)

  • Adding a pinch of sea salt to my caramel macchiato (try it. thank me later.)

And suddenly… the coffee slapped. The routine felt sacred again.

☕ Recipe of the Week: Salted Caramel Iced Shaken Espresso

You’ll need:

  • 2 shots espresso (or ½ cup strong coffee)

  • 1 tsp caramel sauce

  • Tiny pinch of sea salt

  • ¼ cup oat milk (or your fave milk)

  • Ice

How to make it:

  1. In a shaker or mason jar, toss in espresso, caramel, salt, and ice

  2. Shake the life out of it until frothy

  3. Pour into a glass, top with oat milk, swirl dramatically

  4. Sip and pretend you’re in a moody indie film

💬 Confessional Moment: “I Used to Think Salt in Coffee Was a Crime”

Let’s talk about coffee sins.

I once rolled my eyes at people putting weird stuff in their drinks. Salt? Cinnamon in a latte? Balsamic in soda? (Okay, still a crime.)

But when you realize coffee is more than caffeine—it’s chemistry—you start to play. You stop fearing “messing up” and start trusting your taste buds.

This little salted caramel moment? It woke me up more than the espresso ever could.

👇 Your Brewtiful Challenge This Week

✨ Make the drink.
✨ Snap a photo.
✨ Tag @BrewtifulBeginnings on IG or drop a reply with how you customized it.

Let’s stop suffering through the same cup every day. Let’s play with our coffee again.

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Until next time,
Stay bold. Stay bitter. Stay brew-tiful.
—K. ☕💋

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