
Don’t oversteep green tea in hot water since that can also make your tea bitter.Green tea shouldn’t be steeped in boiling hot water, since it can make your tea bitter.
It’s always a good idea to use an electric kettle with temperature control when making tea. It’s not necessary to use higher quality tea since the subtle notes of green tea will be lost in the lemonade. If you prefer you can use loose tea, replace the 2 tea bags with 1 tablespoon of green tea. The drink will taste so much better if you brew it hot using the tea bags. Avoid Tazo’s iced tea concentrate since it tastes terrible. They’re both flavored green tea blends, mixing green tea with spearmint, lemon verbena, and lemongrass. Teavana’s Jade Citrus Mint (this is the green tea used to make Iced Green Tea Lemonade) and Tazo’s Zen tea are very similar so you can use either to make the drink. RELATED: Simple Syrups Recipes Expert Tips Switch out regular lemonade with pink lemonade for a twist. To sweeten and flavor your drink, add raspberry syrup or peach syrup to make it fruity. This drink is already sweetened from the lemonade but if you like it sweeter, add simple syrup, which mixes in with iced drinks easier than regular sugar. Make adjustments to the drink by adding more or less ice. This recipe follows the Starbucks recipe, which is half ice and half green tea lemonade. Use your favorite lemonade to make the drink. Starbucks uses their own lemonade in this drink, which isn’t available for purchase. Starbucks uses triple filtered water, so when possible, use filtered water for a better tasting tea. You can also use Tazo’s Zen tea, which has a very similar flavor profile. The Teavana green tea concentrate isn’t sold anywhere so it’s best to brew the tea hot then cool it down. Starbucks makes the green tea concentrate for iced green teas using Jade Citrus Mint. RELATED: Starbucks Iced Black Tea Lemonade Copycat Ingredient Notes This drink comes in 4 sizes: tall (12 ounces), grande (16 ounces), venti (24 ounces), and trenta (30 ounces). This drink can’t be ordered unsweetened because the pre-made Starbucks lemonade contains sugar. The drink is made without any syrups since it’s sweet from the sugar that’s in the lemonade.Ī common adjustment to this drink at Starbucks is to change the amount of ice (light ice or extra ice) or add a flavored syrup like raspberry or strawberry.
The pre-made lemonade sweetens the green tea and the ice dilutes the green tea concentrate. Ice, lemonade, and green tea concentrate are poured into a cocktail shaker and shaken 10 times to make sure the tea is chilled and all ingredients are mixed well. Starbucks makes this refreshing drink by shaking together ice, Starbucks’ lemonade, and a concentrate of Teavana’s Jade Citrus Mint green tea. RELATED: Starbucks Iced Green Tea Copycat Iced Green Tea Lemonade at Starbucks It takes just 5 minutes to make this drink, including the time to steep the tea. This recipe recreates a grande size (16 ounce) cup of Starbucks Iced Green Tea Lemonade using 4 ingredients.A jar with tight lid will also work if you don’t have a cocktail shaker. A green tea concentrate ( Teavana’s Jade Citrus Mint) is used to make this drink at Starbucks, but this homemade version is prepared by brewing hot tea using Jade Citrus Mint tea bags and quickly cooled with ice in a cocktail shaker.Starbucks Iced Green Tea Lemonade is a sweet and tart cold drink made by combining green tea, ice, and lemonade.