• Teavana’s Passion Tango tea concentrate that Starbucks uses to make their iced tea isn’t available for purchase anywhere. A good substitute is Tazo’s Passion tea.
• Starbucks uses their own sweetened lemonade in this drink, which isn’t available for purchase. Try Simply Lemonade, which taste very close to the one at Starbucks.
• DO NOT get the Passion Iced Tea Concentrate that's sold pre-made since it's absolutely terrible.
• Even though Starbucks uses a tea concentrate, the tastiest way to recreate the drink is to brew hot tea then cool it down quickly with ice using a cocktail shaker.
• The tea used in the Starbucks drink is a caffeine-free herbal tea blend, which is a blend of hibiscus flowers, orange peel, rose hips, and passion fruit flavors.
• If you don’t have Tazo's Passion tea, any brand of hibiscus tea bags will work.
• The tea can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
• Use an electric kettle to set the correct temperature and time to boil your water.
• If you want to make yours taste like Starbucks used to make it, the old recipe included 4 pumps Classic syrup for a grande.
• The more you shake the iced tea, the more foam you’ll see on the surface. If you like a lot of foam, keep shaking it, about 40 times.

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