Bitter. Cold. Layered. The cleanest cold foam drink there is, and the one we'd start with.
Some drinks shout. The iced long black murmurs. Two shots of espresso poured over a tower of ice, a clean line of glossy cold foam crowning the top, and the whole thing dressed in nothing but itself. No syrup. No flavour. No fuss. The drink for people who like coffee to taste of coffee.
Drop a spoonful of MYOM Barista Oat cold foam on top, and a quiet drink becomes a small piece of summer theatre. The foam sits high. The espresso threads downward through the milk in slow, dark whorls. Done well, the glass looks like weather.
The most antipodean drink in your kitchen
The long black is a coffee with an accent. Born in Australian and New Zealand cafés in the 1980s as an alternative to the watered-down filter the rest of the world was drinking, it puts the espresso in first and the hot water on top. The result is a properly extracted, fully bodied black coffee, with the crema still intact. Ask for an Americano in Wellington and you'll be politely corrected.
Iced, the drink translates beautifully. Espresso over ice loses none of its body, only its heat. And cold foam, a more recent American addition to the coffee canon, finishes the job: a creamy lid that opens onto bitter clarity underneath. The drink has been quietly taking over UK speciality cafés since 2024. This summer it goes mainstream.
“The long black with cold foam is the drink coffee snobs order when they're being friendly.”
MYOM Cold Foam Iced Long Black Recipe
A two-step drink with one luxurious flourish. Five minutes from start to first sip.
Serves: 1. Time: 5 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 tall glass full of ice
- 1 double shot of espresso (or one strong cafetière pour, cooled)
- 100ml of chilled MYOM Barista Oat (icy-cold, below 6°C)
Method
- Fill a tall glass to the brim with ice.
- Pour a freshly pulled double espresso over the top. Let it cascade through the ice.
- Froth the chilled MYOM Barista with a handheld frother for 20 to 30 seconds, until the volume doubles and the foam holds glossy peaks.
- Spoon the cold foam generously over the top of the iced espresso. Pour over the back of a spoon if you want a clean layer; let it drift in if you want the swirl.
- Drink immediately, through the foam. The first sip is creamy. The second is espresso. The third is both.
Why you'll love it
- Pure flavour. No syrup, no sugar, no shortcut. Just espresso, ice, and creamy oat foam doing the work.
- Café in three minutes. Five if you count grinding the beans. Faster than walking to the café down the road.
- Cold foam that holds. Fava bean protein in MYOM Barista gives you a foam that stands proud for ten minutes plus, no stabilisers required.
Make it your own
Want a bigger drink? Use a triple shot and a larger glass. Prefer cold brew to espresso? Pour 150ml of cold brew over the ice instead and skip the espresso step. Need a touch of sweetness? Stir half a teaspoon of demerara into the espresso while it's still warm, let it cool, then build the drink. The foam will pick up the flavour without breaking.
For the layered look that travels well on Instagram, freeze your glass first. The colder the vessel, the longer the foam stays photogenic.
The offer. £8 off the MYOM Barista bundle this summer.
Loved this drink? The MYOM Barista Everyday Bundle is £8 off all summer. One bundle makes more than 30 cold foam drinks at home, less than the cost of three café iced lattes.
- Was £18.99. Now £10.99 with code MYOMCOLDFOAM.
- Free 1L glass bottle (worth £7.99).
- Free delivery.
- Valid until 31 July 2026.
Shop the Barista Bundle: https://myom.shop/products/myom-1l-barista-oat-milk-everyday-bundle
Keep reading
- Cold Foams. Beautifully. The Complete Guide to Cold Foam at Home. https://myom.shop/blogs/our-blog/best-oat-milk-for-cold-foam
- Vanilla Cold Foam Iced Latte. https://myom.shop/blogs/our-blog/vanilla-cold-foam-iced-latte
- Espresso Tonic with Cold Foam. https://myom.shop/blogs/our-blog/espresso-tonic-cold-foam
- Strawberry Matcha with Cold Foam. https://myom.shop/blogs/our-blog/strawberry-matcha-cold-foam
- Pistachio Cold Brew with Cold Foam. https://myom.shop/blogs/our-blog/pistachio-cold-brew-cold-foam
- Create the Perfect Foam Every Time with MYOM Barista Oat. https://myom.shop/blogs/our-blog/create-the-perfect-foam-myom-barista-oat
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Oat Milk Without Dipotassium Phosphate. https://myom.shop/blogs/our-blog/myom-oat-milk-without-dipotassium-phosphate
Ready to froth?
Pick up a MYOM Barista Everyday Bundle with code MYOMCOLDFOAM for £8 off all summer. Free glass bottle, free delivery, valid until 31 July 2026. With MYOM in the cupboard, cold foam at home tastes like the café down the road, only better.
“One pouch. Made fresh. Foams either way.”
