Dr. Bird Cold Brew Recipe | Frothy Monkey Coffee – Frothy Monkey Coffee Roasters

Name: Dr. Bird Cold Brew
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving (16oz)
Cuisine: Coffee
Ingredients: 2 oz Frothy Cold Brew Concentrate; 1.5 pumps (15 ml) Frothy Monkey Banana Coffee Syrup; 1.5 pumps (15 ml) Frothy Monkey Pecan Coffee Syrup; 4 oz unsweetened pineapple juice; 4 oz oat milk; Ground cinnamon, for garnish

Dr. Bird Cold Brew

Pineapple juice and cold brew sound like a stretch until you taste it. The pineapple lifts the coffee, the oat milk softens it, and the banana and pecan syrups land you right inside a slice of Hummingbird Cake. It's a Jamaican classic named for the country's national bird, the Dr. Bird (the hummingbird), and it turns out the flavors translate beautifully to a tall glass of cold brew. Five minutes from pitcher to porch.

An iced latte in a clear Frothy Monkey cup topped with cinnamon-dusted ice, set against a pale yellow background.

Ingredients

2 oz Frothy Cold Brew Concentrate
1.5 pumps (15 ml) Frothy Monkey Banana Coffee Syrup
1.5 pumps (15 ml) Frothy Monkey Pecan Coffee Syrup
4 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
4 oz oat milk
Ground cinnamon, for garnish

Preparation

Fill a 16oz cup with ice.
In a clean pitcher, combine the oat milk, pineapple juice, banana syrup, pecan syrup, and Frothy Cold Brew Concentrate.
Whisk vigorously until everything is fully integrated.
Pour over the ice and finish with a light dusting of ground cinnamon.

Barista Tips

Why pineapple juice in cold brew?
Pineapple has enough natural acidity and sweetness to wake up the cold brew without overpowering it. Pair that with oat milk to soften the edges, and the combination reads as tropical and creamy rather than tart. Use unsweetened juice so the syrups can do the sweetening work.

Do the banana and pecan syrups have to be 1.5 pumps each?
That's the balance we like for a 16oz drink. The banana carries the Hummingbird Cake reference and the pecan adds the toasted, buttery depth. If you want a more banana-forward cup, push the banana to 2 pumps and pull the pecan back to 1. Anything above 4 pumps total starts to flatten the cold brew.

Can I use a different milk?
Stick with oat milk for this one. The pineapple juice is acidic enough that dairy is likely to curdle or get weird against it. Oat gives the drink its creamy, cake-like body without fighting the juice.

Products Featured In This Recipe

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Frothy Coffee Concentrate$27.00

Our cold brew blend is built for cold extraction. Guatemalan and Ethiopian coffees give it a creamy body with refreshing brightness and notes of Bartlett pear, milk chocolate, and hazelnut. That natural sweetness is what lets the pineapple juice and syrups land as tropical instead of muddled. Keep a bottle in the fridge for builds like this one.

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$8.00

Real banana flavor, made in Nashville, no artificial candy taste. It's the syrup behind our viral Banana Bread Latte and the Hummingbird Latte on our cafe menu, and it's what carries the Hummingbird Cake reference in this drink. Paired with the pecan, you get that fresh-from-the-oven banana-cake profile poured over ice. Oat milk is the right milk for it.

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Pecan Coffee Syrup$8.00

Pecan pie in a bottle. Warm, buttery, and Southern, made with natural pecan flavor for that toasted, caramelized richness. It's the other half of our Hummingbird Latte pairing, and the counterweight to the banana syrup here. Banana brings the fruit, pecan brings the cake. Made in Nashville by a company rooted in Tennessee since 2004.

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