What does hazelnut coffee taste like?
Hazelnut sits on top of coffee the way praline sits on top of chocolate: toasted, buttery, faintly sweet. It rounds off the sharp edge of a dark roast without hiding the coffee, which is why it survives both hot milk and ice so well. Because the aroma reads as "sweet", most people need noticeably less sugar than they would in a plain latte.
- Aroma: roasted nut, warm butter, a little vanilla
- Body: medium — creamier in perception than in fat
- Pairs with: milk, oat milk, cocoa, cinnamon, a pinch of salt
How to make hot hazelnut coffee
- Heat 200 ml water to 80–90°C. Off the boil is important — scalding water flattens nut aroma and, if you're using a protein blend, makes it grainy.
- Add one Blackn Brownn Hazelnut protein coffee sachet (or 1 tsp instant coffee + 1 tsp hazelnut syrup) to your mug.
- Pour in 50 ml of the hot water first and stir into a smooth paste. This is the no-clump step.
- Top with the rest of the water, or 150 ml hot milk for a hazelnut latte.
Iced hazelnut coffee (2 minutes)
- Stir 1 sachet into 50 ml warm water until fully smooth.
- Fill a tall glass with ice, pour in 180 ml cold milk.
- Add the coffee paste and stir 10 seconds — or shake it in a closed bottle for foam.
For a hazelnut cold brew version, swap the warm water for 50 ml of cold brew concentrate and skip the sugar entirely.
Three hazelnut variations worth trying
Hazelnut Mocha
1 hazelnut sachet + 1 tsp cocoa + 200 ml hot milk. Nutella in a mug, minus the spoon.
Salted Hazelnut Latte
1 sachet + 200 ml milk + a pinch of sea salt. The salt sharpens the nuttiness.
Hazelnut Protein Shake
1 sachet + 250 ml cold milk + half a banana, blended with ice for 20 seconds.
Hazelnut coffee, but with protein
Most hazelnut coffee in India is sugar-syrup-forward: sweet, quick, and gone in an hour. Our Hazelnut sachet is a 12 g single-serve blend of arabica coffee with 5 g of protein, so the same cup keeps you full instead of spiking and crashing. Hot water or cold milk, 30 seconds, no shaker needed.
Shop Hazelnut protein coffee — or start with the Try Pack if you want Hazelnut alongside Vanilla, Butterscotch and Regular before committing to a box.