Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade | DIY Starbucks Drink
DIY Starbucks Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade Recipe
Relax and refresh with the best-ever Starbucks iced peach green tea lemonade recipe – made with REAL peaches for maximum flavor! Perfectly fruity, satisfyingly sweet, and with a gentle, earthy green tea pick-me-up. Learn how to make peach green tea lemonade in just minutes, with the sugar content and choice of sweetener that suit your lifestyle.
Personally, I love enjoying a Starbucks peach green tea lemonade on a hot summer day. But, although they’ve lowered the sugar content in recent years, a grande (16oz) drink still contains 18 grams of sugars. Plus, rather than buying a drink every day, it’s so much more affordable for me to whip up a pitcher at home that I can enjoy all week long!
In this DIY Starbucks recipe, using homemade lemonade puts you in control of the sugar content. Try my cane sugar simple syrup for a similar full sugar option, or cut down on added sugars with my low sugar / sugar free keto simple syrup recipes!
What’s in an Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade from Starbucks vs. Homemade?
The Starbucks peach green tea lemonade is pretty much what it sounds like: refreshing iced green tea plus sweet-and-tangy lemonade, infused with the fruity flavor of peaches. That’s two refreshing summer classics packed into one irresistible beverage! In the past, the drink was made with a sugary peach syrup. Nowadays, Starbucks uses a “peach flavored juice,” consisting of white grape juice concentrate and natural flavors.
The difference in this homemade recipe is it’s made with REAL peaches—rather than a syrup, juice, or peach-infused tea. That means even more sweet, fruity flavor and a naturally pink, peachy color! Plus, because it’s homemade, you have the option to make an even lower sugar version or a sugar free version just as easily.
Does the drink have caffeine?
Yes, because the Starbucks iced peach green tea lemonade is made with real green tea, it contains some—but not much—caffeine. In a grande (16oz) drink, there are 25mg of caffeine. Similarly, when you make the drink at home, you’ll be steeping green tea bags which may contain anywhere from 25-50mg of caffeine each.
How much sugar is in an Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade?
The grande (16oz) Starbucks peach green tea lemonade contains 18g of sugars, while the venti (24oz) contains 27g. Most of this is added sugar from the Starbucks lemonade, as well as some natural sugars from the peach flavored juice.
In this homemade recipe, the peaches and lemon juice provide minimal natural sugars. Mostly, the sugar content will depend on the type of lemonade that you use—either store-bought or homemade. And, if you make my homemade lemonade recipe, you can adjust the sugar content based on the type of simple syrup that you use to make it.
Per 16oz peach green tea lemonade made with:
- Cane Sugar Simple Syrup—20g sugar
- Sugar Free Keto Simple Syrup—6g sugar (made with allulose, erythritol, or monk fruit)
- Low Sugar Simple Syrup—12g sugar (made with half sugar + half sweetener)
How to Make Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade with Simple Syrup
- Prepare fresh squeezed lemonade with simple syrup and chill in the fridge (or use your favorite store-bought lemonade).
- Bring sliced peaches and water to a boil. Mash the peaches a bit to soften, then turn heat down simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Remove pot from the heat and add green tea bags to steep for 5 minutes.
- Using a fine mesh strainer, strain the liquid. (Feel free to save mashed peaches for smoothies, oats, or snacking.)
- Allow peach green tea to cool before transferring to a pitcher and chilling in the fridge.
- Feel free to enjoy peach tea on its own served over ice, or combine with chilled lemonade!
To see how this recipe is made, watch my Homemade Lemonade + Summer Drinks video!
Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade
Ingredients
- 3 cups sliced peaches, (fresh or canned)
- 3 cups water
- 4 green tea bags
- 3 cups homemade lemonade, (or store-bought)
- ice, to serve
Instructions
- Prepare fresh squeezed lemonade and chill in the fridge, or acquire your favorite store-bought lemonade.
- Add sliced peaches to a pot and cover with water. Cover pot and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, use a masher or a wooden spoon to mash the peaches, then turn heat down to low and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, add green tea bags, and steep for an additional 5 minutes.
- Strain the liquid, and feel free to keep the mashed peaches for smoothies or oats!
- Allow peach green tea mixture to cool before transferring to a pitcher and refrigerating. Chill for about an hour. (If desired, enjoy tea alone serve over ice.)
- For peach green tea lemonade, combine equal parts chilled peach green tea with lemonade, then serve over ice!
- Yields 6 cups (48oz).
Notes
Nutrition for drink made with homemade lemonade & cane sugar simple syrup:
Per 1 cup (8oz):42 calories | 0g fat | 12g carbs | 0g fiber | 10g sugar | 0g protein
Nutrition for drink made with homemade lemonade & sugar free simple syrup:
Per 1 cup (8oz):12 calories | 0g fat | 12g carbs | 0g fiber | 3g sugar | 0g protein Nutrition for drink made with homemade lemonade & low sugar simple syrup: Per 1 cup (8oz):
27 calories | 0g fat | 12g carbs | 0g fiber | 6g sugar | 0g protein
How to Make this Drink with Granulated Sweetner
I first crafted this DIY Starbucks recipe many years ago, and the method was a bit different. In that recipe, I focused on creating a peach green tea recipe, which I sweetened with granulated stevia. If you wanted to turn that into a lemonade, you’d just mix equal parts peach tea with lemonade. Recently, I decided to update the years-old recipe and came up with the new version shared above! But, for those who prefer the old version, it’s available below.
Iced Peach Green Tea
Ingredients
- 3 peaches, sliced (fresh or canned)
- ½ cup sweetener of choice
- 6 green tea bags
- 6 cups water
- 1 lemon, juiced
- ice, to serve
Instructions
- Add sliced peaches to a pot with water. Bring to a boil and use a wooden spoon to mash the peaches.
- Add sweetener and allow to dissolve. Simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, and steep green tea bags for an additional 5 minutes.
- Strain the liquid, and feel free to keep the mashed peaches for smoothies or oats!
- Stir in lemon juice and allow to cool before refrigerating.
- Once chilled, serve over ice, or for a shaken iced peach tea lemonade, add half lemonade!
- *Nutrition calculated using stevia as a sweetener & accounts for only 1 fresh peach, as most peach in the recipe is not actually consumed.
50 Comments on “Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade | DIY Starbucks Drink”
Absolutely delicious. Not too sweet, but sweet enough to enjoy. I’ve made this twice now and love it.
Hi Sheena, thanks so much for trying our Peach Tea Lemonade and sharing more of your kind words with us! We’re glad to hear you love it as much as we do 🙂
This was delicious. Can’t wait to have my daughter taste it!
Hi Sheena, thanks so much for trying our peach green tea lemonade recipe! We’re glad you enjoyed it, and we hope your daughter did, too 🙂
Personally I don’t love regular green tea, but I have to buy the matchapowder. Where do I get it? Does trader joe’s or whole foods have it, or do I need to go to a Shoprite or something?
Hi Lynda, you can find matcha powder at most Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, yes! You can also easily order it online to explore a wider variety of options 🙂
Very good, will make this every week in summer
Hi Doug, glad to hear that you’re a fan of this iced peach green tea lemonade recipe! It’s one of our favorite summer drinks, too 🙂 Thanks for giving it a try!
Great idea to make a DIY peach green tea lemonade! Love having a lower sugar option and especially one made with fresh peaches instead of syrup.
Hi Vincente, we’re so glad to hear you’re enjoying this iced peach green tea lemonade recipe! We enjoy a sugary syrup, but it’s hard to beat a homemade drink made with real fresh fruit like this 🙂 Thanks for giving it a try!
I didn’t even know this was a drink at Starbucks but this is my new favorite Iced Tea recipe. Thanks for the low sugar option
We’re glad to hear you’re enjoying this recipe, Doug! Honestly the Starbucks iced peach green tea lemonade is probably worth a try if you enjoy this 🙂 Thanks for trying out the recipe!
Could you use peach syrup instead of real peaches?
Hi Cece, we’ve never tried making this recipe with peach syrup so I can’t say for certain how it’d turn out or how it would taste. We went with real peaches as a natural, real food alternative to a processed flavoring, but the classic Starbucks drink definitely uses a peach syrup of some kind!
I imagine it’s possible for you to use your own peach syrup – you’d probably just skip simmering the fresh peaches altogether. Instead, I’d say just brew your green tea, then add the peach syrup and sweetener (if your syrup doesn’t already contain sugar). I hope this can help! 🙂
Great recipe! Can u instead blend the peaches and strain it so the peaches don’t really go to waste and there is a stronger peach flavor?
Hi Kate, we haven’t personally made this recipe with blended peaches, but you’re welcome to give it a go! The recipe is designed to infuse that peach flavor into the tea – so yes, the flavor isn’t as strong as if the peaches were blended into it, but you’ll also have a genuine iced tea that can store for several days. If you blend the peaches, you’ll have a stronger peach flavor, but the texture might be more like a thick smoothie! And with fresh fruit in the beverage, it may spoil a bit faster. As I said, you’re welcome to try it out if that’s not a problem for you! 🙂
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So glad to hear it! This should last stored in the fridge for a week or so 🙂
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