Coffee and tea ice cream flavors
Roasted coffee, mocha, green tea and spiced chai, for scoops that taste a little grown-up.
This small section holds four flavors made with coffee or tea. Coffee, matcha and chai are among them, each with a roasted, grassy or spiced edge balanced by a sweet, milky base.
It is for anyone who likes their coffee or tea sweet and cold, and for home makers who want to turn a favorite drink into a batch.
4 coffee and tea flavors
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Coffee
Roasted, a little bitter, with milky sweetness
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Mocha
Coffee and chocolate together, bittersweet and roasty
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Matcha (green tea)
Powdered green tea ice cream, grassy, a little bitter and creamy
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Chai
Spiced black tea with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and clove
What the moon badges mean
- Rare Rare enough that you would most likely make it at home.
- Hard to find Look for it in specialty shops and seasonal runs.
- Sometimes found Found in some shops and some grocery freezers.
- Easy to find Common in most grocery freezers.
- Classic A classic you can buy almost anywhere.
Built on a drink
Each flavor here starts with something people usually drink: coffee, green tea or spiced black tea. The bitterness or spice sits against a sweet, milky base, much like a latte. In Instacart's 2025 order data, coffee was the flavor that New England, Oregon, New Mexico and Hawaii bought more of than the country as a whole.
Make and serve them with these
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Base Builder and Batch Scaler
Ice cream base recipe sized to your machine
Pick a style and your machine, and get a base formula in grams and cups with fat, sugar and solids checked.
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Recipe Scaler and Converter
Ice cream recipe converter: cups to grams
Scale an ice cream recipe by a factor, a batch volume or your machine, and see every line in grams and cups.
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Scoop size chart
Ice cream scoop sizes and the disher number chart
The number stamped on an ice cream scoop tells you how many level scoopfuls fill one quart, so a #8 holds 4 fluid ounces (1/2 cup) and a #16 holds 2.
Other flavor sections
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6 flavors
Classic ice cream flavors
The flavors you can find in almost any freezer case, from plain vanilla to Neapolitan.
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6 flavors
Chocolate and candy ice cream flavors
Mix-in flavors loaded with chips, fudge, marshmallows and candy pieces, from mint chocolate chip to s'mores.
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10 flavors
Fruit ice cream flavors
Peach, cherry, berry, citrus and tropical flavors, from soft summer fruit to bright, tart lemon.
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6 flavors
Nut and caramel ice cream flavors
Toasted nuts, cooked caramel and maple, in buttery, salty-sweet flavors like butter pecan and pistachio.
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8 flavors
Bakery and dessert ice cream flavors
Cookies, cake, brownies and pie folded into ice cream, from cookies and cream to key lime pie.
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4 flavors
Spice and floral ice cream flavors
Warm spices, cool mint and gentle florals, from cinnamon and pumpkin to honey lavender.
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15 flavors
Regional and international ice cream flavors
Flavors tied to a place or a tradition, from spumoni and dulce de leche to kulfi and dondurma.
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7 flavors
Modern and unusual ice cream flavors
Savory, herbal and surprising flavors, from sweet corn and black sesame to olive oil and basil.
Sources
- Pint-Sized Obsessions: Instacart Maps America's Favorite Ice Cream (2025 orders, July 2026) Instacart
Every data source the site uses is on the Sources page.