Caffè Shakerato
Also shakerato
Espresso shaken with ice and sugar, strained into a stemmed glass with a frothy head. Italy's answer to iced coffee.
ColdServed coldFrom Italy
- Volume
- 170ml5.7 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 2shots
- Caffeine
- 127mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Serving glass200 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso60 ml35%
- Syrup10 ml6%
- Ice100 ml59%
- Volume
- 170ml
- Caffeine
- 127mg
- Espresso
- 2shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Espresso, sugar and ice shaken hard and strained into a chilled glass; the froth is the point.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 170 ml caffè shakerato
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171891 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant-prepared) 212.0 mg/100 g x 60 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171891 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
1| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| freddo espresso | Greece | Blended with ice rather than shaken, served over ice. |
History
Popular accountAn Italian café drink that spread in the late twentieth century (popular account); Wikidata has two items for it but no origin data.
Italian summer drink shaken with ice.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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