Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade

This Starbucks Copycat Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade is so refreshing and just as delicious as your favorite Starbucks order! You only need 4 ingredients and 20 minutes to make it!

Why You'll Love This Drink

• It has 4 easy to find ingredients and takes less than 20 minutes.
• It's healthier - the Starbucks version doesn't actually contain any peaches! Their "peach" syrup is made with white grape juice concentrate and flavors and natural colors.
• No need to make lemonade - You don't need to spend extra time making any lemonade. I add lemon juice to the tea which adds all the fresh lemon flavor you need!
• It costs less - buying your drinks at Starbucks can get expensive over time so making them at home can save you a ton of money! Use a reusable cup to drink it on the go.
• It has less sugar than the original Starbucks Shaken Iced Tea - The recipe uses maple syrup instead of cane sugar and because you're making everything yourself, you can decide exactly how much sugar you add. I find the peaches make it sweet on their own so I only add ¼ cup of male syrup.
• It's a fun summer drink to make when you want to cool down with something flavorful. You can make this drink all year round, just use frozen peaches instead of fresh!

Ingredients and Substitutions

There are four ingredients in this drink, five if you're including the water:

• Fresh peaches - This is the base for the drink and makes the peach syrup you add to the green tea. Use frozen peaches if you don't have fresh.
• Maple syrup - You can use any sweetener you have on hand, I use maple syrup because I believe it's slightly better for you than white or brown sugar. Some substitutes I recommned are agave, coconut nectar, coconut sugar, or maple sugar. I don't like using stevia, erythritol, or monkfruit sweeteners here because I find them to overpower the other flavors. If you add less sweetener, add more water to make up for the loss of liquid.
• Lemon juice - I strongly recommned you use freshly squeezed lemon juice and not the bottled stuff. Fresh always has a better flavor.
• Green tea - I used jasmine green tea bags but you can use any green tea you like. Starbucks uses a a blend that has green tea, spearmint, lemon verbena, and lemongrass. I find the jasmine adds similar flavor. Use decaffenaited green tea if necessary.

How to Make It

First, you'll make the peach puree, then steep the green tea, and after it's all cooled down, combine the two for a refreshing iced tea! I also have a separate recipe for Peach Simple Syrup that doesn't need blending.

1. Puree the peaches in a food processor.
2. Add the puree to a small pot with maple syrup, and water.
3. Cook for 10 minutes - this step is optional but highly recommended. It helps to really bring out the flavor and sweetness of the peaches. It will reduce slightly and thicken. Add the lemon juice.
4. Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer - This step is also optional, it helps to get rid of the fiber from the peaches and makes the syrup smoother. This extra step takes the iced tea from good to amazing! Trasfer the syrup to a jar and let it cool down.
5. Bring water to a boil in a large pot and steep the green tea for 3-5 minutes. Add the lemon juice and let cool before making the iced tea.

Serving and Storing

• Stirred Single serving - Add 3-4 tablespoon of the syrup to a tall glass, fill the glass up with ice and some peach slices, and top with about 1 cup of green tea.
• Shaken Iced Tea- Make it just like they do at Starbucks and shake it like you would a cocktail. Add 1 cup of green tea, 3 tablespoon peach syrup, and a few ice cubes to a Mason jar. Close with a lid, shake, and pour through a cocktail strainer into a tall glass filled with more ice cubes.
• Pitcher Iced Tea - This is the easiest way to serve it. Combine the green tea and the peach syrup in a large pitcher, add ice, and stir well.

Storing - Both the syrup and the green tea will keep in an airtight jar in the fridge for 3 days.

Expert Tip

I like to make both the peach syrup and the green tea the night before and store them in the fridge. This way it's already cold and you don't have to wait for it to cool down.

Adding the lemon juice to the peach syrup helps it to stay fresh a little longer so you can keep it in the fridge for up to three days.

More Starbucks Copycat Drinks

Making drinks inspired by my orders from Starbucks is honestly my favorite activity! There are many more to come but here are two I've shared in the past.

• Iced Guava Black Tea (one of the most popular recipes on the blog!)
• Rooibos Rose Tea Latte (perfect for colder weather)

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