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Ever since Dubai chocolate hit our social media feeds, we’ve been going nuts for all things pistachio – and retailers have been keeping pace, launching everything from ice cream to Easter eggs flavoured with the green nut. This includes Starbucks, who launched a new pistachio latte and iced latte recipe at the start of this year. It’s since come off the menu, but I’ve found a way to recreate it yourself – and for a whole lot less money.
If you own a Nespresso machine, you’ll want to try the brand’s new limited-edition Pistachio Vanilla Flavour Over Ice original and Vertuo pods, which add a sweet, moreish twist to your usual coffee.
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Nespresso has launched pistachio vanilla flavour coffee pods
(Image: Laura Mulley)
I have a Nespresso Vertuo machine so I first tried the pistachio Vertuo pod simply over ice, topped up with a bit of oat milk. At £7.50 for a sleeve of 10 pods (so 75p per cup), plus I worked out the rough cost of the amount of oat milk I used (25p), so already you’ve got yourself a tasty summer drink for less than a quarter of the price of the Starbucks one, which had a starting price of £4.70. You could also make this even cheaper by using original capsules (55p each) and dairy milk, reports the Mirror.
I’m not usually a fan of flavoured coffee but I found this delicious; not as sugary sweet as some of them. However, I wanted to increase the pistachio sensation even further, so I copied Nespresso’s iced pistachio vanilla latte recipe – and it took it to another level.
The first step was to spread a bit of pistachio paste around my Nespresso tumbler; I purchased this one from Waitrose, and it was tough to resist eating it by the spoonful straight from the jar. Next up was plenty of ice and a splash of oat milk (I bulk buy this one from Amazon), but using the Aeroccino to froth up some more.
I made my own version of Starbucks’ iced pistachio latte
(Image: Laura Mulley)
Once in the glass, the drink was topped off with an 80ml serving of the pistachio Vertuo coffee pod, and – wow – what a beverage.
Of course, to use Nespresso’s pistachio pods you will first need one of their coffee machines; the original machines are hard to find these days but the Vertuo is almost always massively reduced on Amazon – at the time of writing the Vertuo Pop is down from £107.99 to £59. I reckon this is good value for the quality of coffee it makes, but if you like you can read my full review here before you decide. The Aeroccino will also set you back £79, but this step could be easily skipped.
To pair with your new favourite summer drink, opt for Lindt LINDOR Pistachio Milk Chocolate Truffles, £13 for two boxes, and if you really can’t get enough of the nut, Kayali also does a pistachio perfume: Yum Pistachio Gelato 33 Eau de Parfum Intense, from £28.
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