Eiskaffee

Also German iced coffee

Germany's iced coffee is really a sundae: cold coffee poured over vanilla ice cream and topped with whipped cream.

ColdServed coldFrom Germany

Volume
293ml9.9 US fl oz
Espresso
0shots
Caffeine
60mgderived, USDA FDC
Coffee to milk
1:0.3

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Highball, 350 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. Chilled strong coffee150 ml51%
  2. Vanilla ice cream100 ml34%
  3. Cream40 ml14%
  4. Chocolate3 ml1%
Volume
293ml
Caffeine
60mg
Espresso
0shots

Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.

Cold coffee over vanilla ice cream, topped with whipped cream; a café dessert.

Caffeine

Derived
60mg

in a 293 ml eiskaffee

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 150 ml.

USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · 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

2
NameCountryHow it differs
café liégeoisFranceCoffee ice cream instead of vanilla.
affogatoItalyHot espresso over gelato.

History

Popular account

A German and Austrian café summer standard; Wikidata maps the term to iced coffee generally.

Germany and Austria; 'ice-cream coffee'.

Popular account

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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