Starbucks Medicine Ball aka Honey Citrus Mint Tea is a delicious hot drink to enjoy on a cold day. This tasty hot tea drink has honey, citrus, peach, and mint flavors. It’s also known as a cold buster and great to sip on when you’re not feeling good or have a sore throat.
Copycat Starbucks Medicine Ball Recipe
Copycat Starbucks Medicine Ball shows how to make this popular cold fighter super tea. A great soothing tea for cold and flu season.
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Serving Size: 1
Nutrition Facts: calories 191 calories, Carbohydrate 49 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 0 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 1 grams fat, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, Saturated Fat 0 grams saturated fat, servingSize 1, Sodium 17 milligrams sodium, Sugar 45 grams sugar, Trans Fat 0 grams trans fat, unSaturated Fat 0 grams unsaturated fat
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup water
- 3/4 cup lemonade (I used Simply Light)
- 1 bag Teavana Jade Citrus Mint Tea
- 1 bag Teavana Peach Tranquility Tea
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract (optional)
Instruction:
- Combine water and lemonade and heat until hot, either on the stovetop or in the microwave.
- Steep tea bags in the hot lemonade tea mixture for 2-3 minutes. Remove tea bags.
- Pour into a mug, add in honey and peppermint extract. Stir to combine.
- Enjoy warm.
Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea
This Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea is the most delicious, slightly sweet, soothing cup of tea you’ve ever tasted! So easy to make at home.
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Yield: 1
Serving Size: 1 Serving
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 Serving, calories 163 calories, Sugar 42g, Sodium 20mg, Fat 0.1g, Saturated Fat 0g, unSaturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g, Carbohydrate 43g, Fiber 0g, Protein 0.2g, Cholesterol 0mg
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces lemonade
- 8 ounces water
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 jade citrus mint tea sachet
- 1 peach tranquility tea sachet
Instruction:
- Add lemonade to a microwavable mug, and heat for 45 seconds until very warm.
- Add very hot water (just under boiling, or 190 degrees) to the lemonade in the mug.
- Add one tablespoon of honey, and stir to dissolve.
- Add both tea bags, and allow to steep for 2-4 minutes, or to desired strength.
Starbucks Medicine Ball
You can make Starbucks Medicine Ball aka Honey Citrus Mint Tea at home with this easy copycat recipe.
Prep: 5min
Total: 10min
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 246 kcal, Carbohydrate 63 g, Protein 0.2 g, Fat 0.03 g, Sodium 47 mg, Fiber 0.3 g, Sugar 59 g, unSaturated Fat 0.02 g, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- 1 sachet Teavana Jade Citrus Mint tea
- 1 sachet Teavana Peach Tranquility tea
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1½ cups lemonade
- 1 sprig fresh mint (optional garnish)
- 1 slice lemon (optional ganish)
Instruction:
- Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan. Turn off the heat and place both tea sachets into the saucepan. Allow the tea to steep for 90 seconds. Remove the tea sachets.
- Add the honey and stir until it dissolves.
- Add the lemonade.
- Warm the tea and lemonade on low for about 1 minute.
Medicine ball (Starbucks Copycat)
If you’re feeling under the weather, you should give my Starbucks copycat Medicine Ball recipe a try. Made with just 5 simple, hydrating ingredients, making the well-beloved Starbucks cold buster known as medicine ball tea is almost as easy as ordering it, and much cheaper, too!
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Yield: 1
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 124 kcal, Carbohydrate 32 g, Protein 0.1 g, Sodium 20 mg, Fiber 0.04 g, Sugar 31 g, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- ½ cup Lemonade (homemade or frozen)
- 1 cup Boiling Water
- 1 Teavana Jade Citrus Mint Tea tea bag (or alternate mint tea of your preference)
- 1 Teavana Peach Tranquility tea bag (or the peach tea of your preferance)
- 1 tablespoon Honey (optional)
- Lemon slices and fresh mint to garnish
Instruction:
- Warm your lemonade and tea – use whatever method works best for you! Adding into a saucepan and heat over the stove, place in the microwave, using your tea kettle. The goal is to have piping hot lemonade and how water.
- Pour liquids into your tea pot or mug of choice. Steep tea for about 3-5 minutes.
- Add honey if desired, along with the lemon slice and mint garnish before enjoying!
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