Greek Frappé
Also frappé coffee, καφές φραπέ
Greece's shaken instant-coffee drink with a thick foam, served over ice with or without evaporated milk. A national summer institution since the late 1950s.
ColdServed icedFrom Greece
- Volume
- 232ml7.8 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 63mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:15.0
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Instant coffee2 ml1%
- Water120 ml52%
- Ice80 ml34%
- Milk30 ml13%
- Volume
- 232ml
- Caffeine
- 63mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Instant coffee shaken with a splash of water and sugar until foamy, then topped with cold water and ice; ordered sketos, metrios or glykos by sugar.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 232 ml greek frappé
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171893 (Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder) 3140.0 mg/100 g x 2 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171893 · 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
3| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| freddo espresso | Greece | Espresso-based successor popular since the 2000s. |
| nes | Serbia | Serbian and Balkan shaken instant coffee. |
| frappé | Cyprus | Cypriot version, often with milk. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records Greece as country of origin and water, sugar, ice and instant coffee as parts. The accidental invention at the 1957 Thessaloniki trade fair by a Nestlé representative is a popular account.
Thessaloniki, Greece, 1957.
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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