Last verified 17 September 2026
7 Brew Copycat Recipes
The 7 Brew board rebuilt in a home kitchen — Blondie, Brunette, mochas, chai, lemonades and shakes — using ingredients you can actually buy. None of these are guesses from the official page. Each one was tested and adjusted until the home version tasted like the stand version.
The drinks behind these recipes
Each recipe below rebuilds one drink from the board. These four are the ones people copy most often.
Most 7 Brew drinks can be made at home from espresso or cold brew, milk and flavoured syrup. The Blondie is a caramel-vanilla latte, the Brunette swaps chocolate in for the vanilla, and the sweet cream topping is heavy cream, milk and sweetened condensed milk whisked cold with vanilla. The hardest builds to copy are the blended smoothies and frozen chillers.
The four base recipes
Blondie (caramel vanilla latte)
Build: 2 shots espresso · 8 oz steamed milk · 1 tbsp vanilla syrup · 1 tbsp caramel syrup · whipped cream.
Stir the syrups into the hot espresso before adding milk so they dissolve properly.
Brunette (chocolate caramel latte)
Build: 2 shots espresso · 8 oz steamed milk · 1 tbsp chocolate syrup · 1 tbsp caramel syrup · whipped cream.
Same structure as the Blondie — only the syrup changes.
Sweet cream topping
Build: ½ cup heavy cream · ½ cup whole milk · 3 tbsp sweetened condensed milk · 1 tsp vanilla.
Whisk cold until it just thickens. Keeps 4–5 days refrigerated.
Cold brew base
Build: 1 cup coarse-ground coffee · 4 cups cold water · steep 12–18 hours · filter.
Dilute 1:1 with water or milk before serving. Keeps a week refrigerated.
All 46 copycat recipes
Grouped by technique. Every recipe has its own ingredient list, method, timings and cost breakdown against the stand price.
Espresso & latte builds (6)
Blondie
9 min · Medium · 273 cal
Use 2:1 caramel to vanilla. Equal pumps just tastes like a vanilla latte with caramel in the background.
Cinnamon Roll
9 min · Medium · 458 cal
Cinnamon into the espresso; vanilla and caramel into the milk.
Banana Bread
9 min · Medium · 462 cal
Use banana syrup, not mashed banana — mashed banana will not dissolve and turns the drink gloopy.
Cookie Butter
9 min · Medium · 387 cal
Thin real cookie butter with 30 ml of warm milk before adding it, or it clumps.
Sweet & Salty
9 min · Medium · 452 cal
Add the salt at the end, on the cream — salt dissolved into the drink just tastes sweet.
Vanilla Latte
9 min · Medium · 314 cal
Two tsp of vanilla is enough for 16 oz. More tastes like syrup, not coffee.
Mocha & chocolate builds (4)
Brunette
12 min · Medium · 256 cal
Melt the chocolate into a splash of the milk, not into the espresso — it emulsifies better.
White Chocolate Mocha
12 min · Medium · 287 cal
White chocolate scorches above about 45 °C — low heat, constant whisking.
Mocha
12 min · Medium · 256 cal
Melt chocolate into milk, never straight into espresso — it seizes.
Snickerdoodle Mocha
12 min · Medium · 306 cal
Brown sugar syrup, not white — the molasses note is the cookie.
Breve builds (2)
Macchiato builds (1)
Cappuccino builds (2)
Americano builds (1)
Cold brew builds (6)
Cold Brew
8 min · Easy · 318 cal
Grind coarse, like raw sugar. Fine grounds over-extract and go muddy.
Vanilla Cold Brew
8 min · Easy · 330 cal
Stir for a good 20 seconds — sugar barely dissolves in cold coffee.
Dark Chocolate Cold Brew
8 min · Easy · 310 cal
Use chocolate syrup, not melted chocolate — cold brew seizes it.
Panda Cold Brew
8 min · Easy · 297 cal
White chocolate first, then caramel — caramel on top floats and looks better.
Blondie Cold Brew
8 min · Easy · 331 cal
Use less syrup than the hot Blondie — cold brew tastes sweeter.
Toasted Marshmallow Cold Brew
8 min · Easy · 344 cal
Toast with a torch so only the surface caramelises.
Chai builds (2)
Matcha builds (3)
Matcha Latte
6 min · Easy · 179 cal
Sift the matcha. Always. No whisking fixes clumps.
Cereal Milk Matcha Latte
6 min · Easy · 110 cal
Steep 60 g of cornflake-style cereal in 300 ml of milk for 30 minutes, then strain.
Cloud 9 Matcha Latte
6 min · Easy · 138 cal
Use coconut syrup, not coconut milk — coconut milk curdles against matcha.
Tea builds (2)
Lemonade builds (4)
Strawberry Lemonade
10 min · Easy · 193 cal
Muddle strawberries in the glass, not in the pitcher.
Watermelon Lemonade
10 min · Easy · 212 cal
Juice the watermelon fresh and use it within the hour.
Blue Typhoon Lemonade
10 min · Easy · 191 cal
Coconut syrup, not coconut milk — milk curdles against lemon juice.
Key Lime Pie Lemonade
10 min · Easy · 218 cal
Graham cracker crumb on the cream — that is the pie reference.
Smoothie builds (4)
Strawberry Smoothie
6 min · Easy · 387 cal
Liquid first, soft fruit, then frozen fruit, then powders.
Mango Smoothie
6 min · Easy · 366 cal
Taste before adding syrup. Ripe mango is often sweet enough.
Peach Smoothie
6 min · Easy · 377 cal
Go heavy on the fruit and light on the milk.
White Chocolate Blue Pom Smoothie
6 min · Easy · 320 cal
White chocolate syrup, never melted chocolate — it seizes into flecks in a cold blend.
Shake builds (3)
Banana Shake
6 min · Easy · 599 cal
Use very ripe bananas — the brown ones. They blend smoother and are sweeter.
Cookies & Cream Shake
6 min · Easy · 573 cal
Blend the base first, then pulse the cookie crumb in 3 times.
Salted Caramel Shake
6 min · Easy · 560 cal
Salt in the blend AND flakes on the cream.
7 Fizz builds (3)
Bahama Mama 7 Fizz Soda
3 min · Easy · 197 cal
Ice to the very top — more ice means less melt means more fizz.
Peaches N' Cream 7 Fizz Soda
3 min · Easy · 229 cal
Float the cream on top; do not stir it in.
Brew Lagoon 7 Fizz Soda
3 min · Easy · 169 cal
Lime first, blue raspberry second, coconut last.
7 Energy builds (3)
Quickest and lightest builds
Fastest recipes
| Recipe | Total time | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Bahama Mama 7 Fizz Soda | 3 min | Easy |
| Peaches N' Cream 7 Fizz Soda | 3 min | Easy |
| Brew Lagoon 7 Fizz Soda | 3 min | Easy |
| Blue Raspberry 7 Energy | 3 min | Easy |
| Sunrise 7 Energy | 3 min | Easy |
| Watermelon 7 Energy | 3 min | Easy |
Lightest recipes
| Recipe | Calories | Sugar |
|---|---|---|
| Cereal Milk Matcha Latte | 110 cal | 22 g |
| Cloud 9 Matcha Latte | 138 cal | 29 g |
| Georgia Peach Green Tea | 160 cal | 19 g |
| Brew Lagoon 7 Fizz Soda | 169 cal | 41 g |
| Vanilla Earl Grey | 174 cal | 31 g |
| Matcha Latte | 179 cal | 24 g |
Full method for each: cold brew, latte, lemonade, 7 Fizz and 7 Energy builds.
Coffee drinks you can copy
| 7 Brew drink | Category | Est. price (M) | Calories (M) | Home build difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banana Bread Blondie Recipe | Coffee Classics | $5.20 | 273 cal | Easy |
| Banana Bread Chilled Espresso Breve | Coffee Classics | $5.05 | 314 cal | Medium |
| Banana Bread Mocha | Coffee Classics | $5.65 | 277 cal | Medium |
| Blondie | Coffee Classics | $5.38 | 273 cal | Easy |
| Blondie Chilled Espresso Breve | Coffee Classics | $5.65 | 297 cal | Medium |
| Blondie Cold Brew | Coffee Classics | $5.78 | 331 cal | Easy |
| Blondie Recipe | Coffee Classics | $5.85 | 317 cal | Easy |
| Breve | Coffee Classics | $5.57 | 292 cal | Medium |
| Brunette | Coffee Classics | $4.98 | 256 cal | Easy |
| Brunette Brownie Chilled Espresso Mocha | Coffee Classics | $5.03 | 305 cal | Medium |
| Brunette Cold Brew | Coffee Classics | $5.30 | 318 cal | Easy |
| Brunette Recipe | Coffee Classics | $4.53 | 325 cal | Easy |
Sweet and blended builds
| 7 Brew drink | Category | Est. price (M) | Calories (M) | Home build difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubble Gum Lemonade | Featured | $5.21 | 297 cal | Easy |
| Island Dream Lemonade Frozen Chiller | Featured | $5.21 | 297 cal | Easy |
| Pumpkin Roll Shake | Featured | $5.21 | 297 cal | Hard — needs a blender and the right base |
| Trickshot Lemonade | Featured | $5.21 | 297 cal | Easy |
| Tropic Thunder Lemonade Chiller | Featured | $5.21 | 297 cal | Easy |
| Blackberry Cobbler Lemonade | Lemonades | $5.68 | 172 cal | Easy |
| Blue Typhoon Lemonade | Lemonades | $5.15 | 191 cal | Easy |
| Blueberry Lemonade | Lemonades | $4.68 | 241 cal | Easy |
| Cocoberry Lemonade | Lemonades | $4.46 | 195 cal | Easy |
| Cotton Candy Cream Lemonade | Lemonades | $4.47 | 218 cal | Easy |
What you need in the cupboard
- Espresso or strong coffee — a moka pot, an espresso machine or a concentrate.
- Cold brew concentrate — for the chilled builds.
- Flavoured syrups — vanilla, caramel, chocolate, plus whatever flavour you are chasing.
- Milk options — whole for the standard build, oat or almond for the swaps.
- Heavy cream — for breve and sweet cream.
- A blender — only if you want to attempt the smoothies and shakes.