Coffee makers and Frappuccino's

Making Our Own Frappuccino-Style Drinks at Home

Over the last few weeks we decided we wanted to start making our own Frappuccino-style drinks at home. We got a little tired of buying them and figured, why not just make them ourselves?

We started with the Mr. Coffee 3-in-1 Single-Serve Iced and Hot Coffee Maker, the one with the built-in blender. It's a nice little machine, and having the blender built in made it easy to just start experimenting right away.

Of course, we had to go all in. We picked up cookie crumbles because we love them at the bottom of the cup, a few different flavored drizzles, whipped cream, and pretty much everything else you'd want to make it feel like the real thing.

The first one tasted great, but the cream didn't thicken the way we wanted. After a little trial and error, we got it figured out.

The One Downside

The only issue with the Mr. Coffee machine is that it's a single-serve brewer, so it only makes 8 oz at a time. We both like 16 oz drinks, which meant brewing twice per drink. When you're making two drinks, that adds up fast and starts to feel like more work than it should be.

That's when we started looking for something bigger.

Trying Something Bigger

We looked into the Keurig K-Duo Hot and Iced Coffee Maker. The big selling point for us was that it can brew up to 10 cups at once, which is plenty for what we were trying to do.

It doesn't have a built-in blender, so we grabbed a separate one to go with it. Not a big deal.

After switching to the Keurig Duo, we were really happy with it. We brew a full batch, let it cool, throw everything in the blender, blend it up, add some whipped cream on top, and it comes out great every time. No more brewing twice.

For our first batch with the new setup we used some Kenya coffee. It gave the drinks a bold, rich flavor that worked really well. We're planning to try a few other varieties soon, maybe the Flavored Coffees Sample Pack or some Cold Brew Coffee for something a little smoother.

Final Thoughts

The Mr. Coffee machine is good, don't get us wrong. If you're one person who just wants a quick single serving, it does the job well. But for two people making 16 oz blended drinks, the Keurig Duo setup is a much better fit for us.

There's something genuinely fun about experimenting with this stuff, figuring out what works, and landing on a drink you actually love making at home. That's kind of the whole point of coffee.

We're curious what you use at home. Single-serve, full pot, espresso machine, French press? And how do you take it, hot, iced, blended, black, sweet? Check out our full range of coffee capsules and coffee pods and find what works for you.

We'd love to hear what you're brewing.