There is more to the Starbucks tea menu than you think. Here’s a guide, with expert tips, to walk you through every tea drink offered on the Starbucks menu.

Starbucks offers a variety of tea drinks on their menu. Here are the tea beverages on the Starbucks menu.

Hot Brewed Teas

• Hot brewed tea is made with 1-2 tea bags and hot filtered water that’s set to 200°F. The number of tea bags in a cup depends on the drink size. 1 tea bags goes into short and tall cups and 2 tea bags go into grande and venti cups.
• Hot teas are not sweetened. If you want to add syrup, there will be an extra charge.
• The baristas at Starbucks do not take steeping time into account, so a good rule of thumb is to give white and green teas a 2-3 minute steep, and black and herbal teas 4-5 minutes.
• Turn any hot tea into a tea latte. For an extra cost, you can add steamed milk to any hot tea. Note: milk does not taste great with every tea.

Honey Citrus Mint Tea
This drink used to be on the Starbucks secret menu as Medicine Ball Tea, but it became so popular it made it onto the official menu. It’s made with tea, hot lemonade, and honey.
Caffeine in grande: 16 mg

Royal English Breakfast Tea
This is Starbucks’ classic black tea and like most breakfast teas, it’s malty and slightly woody. A brisk, strong tea, it’s great with a little milk and sugar.
Caffeine in grande: 40 mg

Emperor’s Clouds & Mist
When you order a hot green tea at Starbucks, this is what you’ll get. The name refers to the fact that this tea is grown 3,500 feet above sea level in China, where it’s common to be surrounded by mist and clouds. Don’t steep for longer than 3 minutes since green tea can get bitter quick.
Caffeine in grande: 16 mg

Mint Majesty
The main flavors of this herbal, caffeine-free tea are peppermint, spearmint, and lemon verbena. A lot of customers enjoy this when they’re feeling slightly under the weather and need something that feels both soothing and restorative. 
Caffeine in grande: 0 mg

Earl Grey Tea
Earl Grey is a black tea infused with bergamot, a citrus fruit. Vanilla goes well with Earl Grey so if you want to add a little something sweet, go for a vanilla syrup.
Caffeine in grande: 40 mg

Chamomile Mint Blossom Tea
A green tea with chamomile, apple, rose hips, and spearmint with notes of citrus.
Caffeine in grande: 25 mg

Hot Tea Lattes

• Tea lattes are half tea (1-2 tea bags and 200°F hot filtered water) and half steamed 2% milk.
• All tea lattes are sweetened.
• Chai tea lattes are made from a chai concentrate, not tea bags.

Chai Latte
One of the most popular tea drinks at Starbucks, the chai latte is made with a chai concentrate, water, and 2% milk. For a stronger chai flavor, ask for it without added water.
Caffeine in grande: 95 mg

Matcha Latte
Starbucks’ matcha latte is made with milk, classic syrup, and unsweetened matcha.
Caffeine in grande: 65 mg

London Fog Latte
A London Fog is a tea latte made with Earl Grey tea, vanilla syrup, and steamed milk. There is a faint lavender note that’s in their Earl Grey.
Caffeine in grande: 40 mg

Iced Teas

• Starbucks iced teas are made from a double-strength tea concentrate. To make the drink, it’s diluted with water and shaken with ice.
• By volume, Starbucks Iced tea beverages are half ice.
• For a special fruity twist, try adding fruit inclusions into your iced tea.

Iced Black Tea
This is Starbucks’ standard iced tea, made with Royal English breakfast tea. Water, tea concentrate, and ice are shaken together in a shaker. It comes unsweetened but it’s common to add syrup.
Caffeine in grande: 25 mg

Iced Black Tea Lemonade
A very popular tea drink, this iced tea is made with black tea concentrate shaken with lemonade, and ice. It’s Starbucks’ version of an Arnold Palmer drink (half lemonade and half iced tea).
Caffeine in grande: 25 mg

Iced Green Tea
A green tea concentrate is shaken with water and ice.
Caffeine in grande: 25 mg

Iced Green Tea Lemonade
Instead of shaking the green tea concentrate with water and ice, the water is replaced with lemonade.
Caffeine in grande: 25 mg

Iced Peach Green Tea
This is a mix of green tea and peach flavored juice, hand-shaken with ice. 
Caffeine in grande: 25 mg

Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade
Green tea, peach flavored juice, ice, and lemonade are all shaken together to make this lightly caffeinated drink.
Caffeine in grande: 25 mg

Iced Passion Tango Tea
A caffeine-free herbal iced tea that’s a blend of hibiscus, lemongrass, and apple. The tea is made into a concentrate then shaken with ice and water. Note that this drink is hibiscus-based, not flavored with passion fruit.
Caffeine in grande: 0 mg

Iced Passion Tango Tea Lemonade
Passion Tango tea that’s shaken with ice and lemonade. It’s an herbal iced tea and doesn’t have any caffeine.
Caffeine in grande: 0 mg

Iced Tea Lattes

• Iced tea lattes are drinks made with tea concentrate, milk and ice.
• The drinks are sweetened.

Iced Chai Latte
Starbucks makes their iced chai latte with their own chai concentrate (which comes sweetened), milk, and ice.
Caffeine in grande: 95 mg

Iced Matcha Latte
Unsweetened matcha is added to milk, classic syrup, and ice to make this sweet and creamy drink.
Caffeine in grande: 65 mg

Iced London Fog Latte
Earl Grey tea shaken with vanilla syrup, milk, and ice.
Caffeine in grande: 40 mg

Tea Frappuccino

Frappuccinos are made with whole milk, and not the usual 2% milk that’s used in most drinks.

Matcha Crème Frappuccino
Matcha, classic syrup, whole milk, ice, classic syrup, and Starbucks creme Frappuccino syrup are mixed together in a blender. Whipped cream tops the drink.
Caffeine in grande: 65 mg

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