Freddo Espresso
Also φρέντο εσπρέσο
Greece's cold double espresso, blended with ice and served over more ice. The modern successor to the frappé.
ColdServed icedFrom Greece
- Volume
- 160ml5.4 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 2shots
- Caffeine
- 127mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Highball300 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso60 ml38%
- Ice100 ml63%
- Volume
- 160ml
- Caffeine
- 127mg
- Espresso
- 2shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A double espresso blended with ice and sugar in a frappé mixer, served over ice; no milk.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 160 ml freddo espresso
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
2| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| freddo cappuccino | Greece | Topped with cold frothed milk. |
| shakerato | Italy | Shaken rather than blended. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records Greece as country of origin and classes it as a subclass of espresso and frappé. It displaced the frappé among younger Greeks in the 2000s (popular account).
Greece, 1990s onward.
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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