Recently I tried the Shaken Ice Tea Lemonade at Starbucks….delicious. Like all things Starbucks it is pricey, so I came up with my own version. It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. I am always one for doing things the simplest and fastest way possible…
Ingredients: Lipton Cold Brew ice tea, frozen lemonade (if you aren’t getting Starbucks tea and go with generic lemonade you can take what you save and sponsor a child in need….which let’s face it is so much better than name brand frozen lemonade!)
Step 1: Add the frozen lemonade and all but one can of water (if the lemonade calls for 4 & 1/3 cans of water just add 3 1/3 cans right now)
Step 2: Place tea bag in lemonade can
Step 3: Fill the can with cold water (which would be the remaining 1 can the lemonade calls for)
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Step 4: Brew the tea. You can just leave it there sitting, but if you swirl (or shake) it will brew stronger. This just depends on your taste.
Step 5: Add the concentrated brewed tea to the lemonade
Step 6: Pretend it is hot outside and you are sitting on a porch watching the sunset as your kids sweetly play in the yard and you are enjoying your iced tea lemonade
You can add more or less tea depending on your personal preference.
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We used double biased tape for the arm holes…you could do it lots of ways. Here is the pattern Little Dresses for Africa provides.
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bopha - You need to try the passion tea lemonade and figure out how to make it, it is dee-li-cious!
Erin - Awesome, can’t wait to try this!
Crystal - This sounds delicious! I’ve been on a lemonade kick lately, and I love tea, so this sounds perfect!
chrissy - Thanks for posting about the ‘little dresses for africa’. this week my a group of women are getting together at my church to make the dresses for an orphanage for Haiti. so very excited and we got the idea from your blog!!!! SO THANK YOU for all your work and compassion for others! depending on how well this week goes we may end up doing this quarterly and focus on a different country each time!
Thanks for your creativity and sharing it w/ the world! love your blog, pictures and ideas!
Allie - As a Starbucks barista, can I let you in on a little secret??? We just began selling our full leaf tea (passion, zen, and black) that we use in our tea lemonades as a retail item in stores everywhere. It comes in a tin of 15 tea bags ($6.95) and I can assure you that you will not be disappointed — they are all amazing!
chantelle - look great! I love the blueberry and ginseng by tetley right now……it’s called clarity! Ha Perfect! Just what I need!
candace - Mmmmm, definitely worth trying. Makes me long for Spring and Summer……
Liz - I second the comment above about passion tea… It’s SO good, especially in the summer. And like she said you can buy the tea bags at any starbucks store.
Kristin S - This is one of my favorite drinks at Starbucks but I order with the Passion Tea. Of course you can buy Tazo Passion Tea at the grocery store so I’m trying your recipe! Makes it decaf this way too.
Jasie - I do something similar to that. I mix one of the generic Crystal Light lemonade packs with one of the GCL Iced Tea packs. I get that because they’re sugar free. I’m definitely going to make your version and do a taste test. We love teamonade at our house!
Meagan - Yum! My friend had a recipe for the passion tea lemonade on her facebook the other day using the Tazo passion tea too. Why have I never heard or these? Oh yeah, because I’m too distracted by the white mochas and caramel macchiatos…
Kate - Mmm… I can’t wait to try it!
Shelley in SC - I think the best instruction is to sit on my porch, pretend it is hot and children are playing in the yard. May I add fireflies??
Justine - Soooo, I am a long time reader first time commenter
but this post caught my eye! Because I worked at starbucks. I just wanted to tell you you are very close with your recipe, and if you want to add the sweetener to it like starbucks does you can buy a huge bottle of it for 6 bucks! We don’t sell them in the lobby, you just gotta ask and we will pull one from the back.