3 of a Kind: Serious Coffee Milkshakes

3 of a Kind checks out three places across the country to try something cool, new and delicious.

There are two kinds of coffee milkshakes: sweet, silky scoop-shop concoctions made with ice cream that just happens to be coffee-flavored; and serious, espresso-spiked caffeinators that just happen to be made with ice cream. When you’re looking for a buzz, here are three great places to find the latter.

Mocha Milkshake, Supercrown Coffee Roasters, Brooklyn
This Brooklyn coffee shop takes its ingredients seriously, roasting its own coffee for retail, wholesale and subscription services. On-premises owner and coffee expert Darleen Scherer serves several pour-overs, as well as inventive riffs like a coffee-based Arnold Palmer and an Espresso Tonic (all made with impeccable ingredients). The Mocha Milkshake combines vegan Van Leeuwen dark chocolate ice cream, a double shot of espresso, iced coffee, espresso grinds and Maldon sea salt to balance the flavor.

 

G&B Shake, G&B Coffee, Los Angeles
G&B Coffee takes great care with its drinks; even the nut milk (with almonds and macadamia nuts) is made in-house at this Los Angeles spot. So it stands to reason that the G&B Shake would be as superb as it is high-octane. The team uses a pint of sweet-cream ice cream from beloved creamery McConnell’s in Santa Barbara. The ice cream is scooped into a frosty malt tin, then sprinkled with a dusting of ground espresso for texture. To give the shake the full coffee flavor, G&B pours in two double shots of coffee, then blends it for around a minute on the shake machine before serving.

 

Black Tiger, Jim and Patty’s Coffee People, Portland, Ore.
There’s a double wallop of coffee in the buzzy Black Tiger at this neighborhood cafe with three locations around Oregon. Made using a pint of Jim and Patty’s own espresso ice cream (called Black Tiger, naturally), the shake is shot through with chunks of coffee beans and is available in a 20- or 24-ounce portion for extra-frosty bliss.

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