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A cup of iced guava black tea.
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Starbucks Iced Guava Black Tea Copycat

A cool and refreshing drink for a hot summer's day, this Starbucks copycat recipe tastes exactly like the original Starbucks Iced Guava Black Tea but costs much less. (Also you don't have to leave the AC in this heat to grab your favourite drink! Simply use a white tea bag if you prefer the original white tea version.)
Prep Time1 minute
Cook Time15 minutes
Cooling time20 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American, Fusion
Servings: 1 drink
Calories: 95kcal
Author: Zen

Equipment

  • 1 Mug (heat-proof) to steep and serve the tea
  • 1 Spoon to stir

Ingredients

  • ¾ Cup Hot water For steeping the tea. Make sure the tea is extra concentrated.
  • Black tea Use the Teavana brand if you want it to be exactly like Starbucks. Substitute with a white tea if you want to make Starbucks guava white tea.
  • ½ Cup Pure guava nectar Substitute: unsweetened guava juice
  • ½-1 T white granulated sugar Optional as the guava nectar is already sweet. Substitute: simple syrup if you plan on adding the sweetener only when the drink is chilled. (Flavours change with temperature so the guava black tea- or guava white tea- would taste different depending on whether you taste it hot or cold- most people would find the same drink less sweet when tasted cold versus when tasted hot. Ideally, taste after chilling then sweeten for best results.) I don't recommend honey or maple syrup as they'll interfere with the guava flavor.
  • Ice cubes Larger ice cubes melt more slowly than smaller ones, and will dilute your drink less rapidly.

Instructions

  • Steep the tea bag in the hot water for 10-15 minutes. Remove the tea bag and allow the tea to cool. If you're using sugar, you will need to add it now to ensure it dissolves- however, note that the guava black tea will taste different cold versus hot so ideally chill to your preferred temperature then sweeten to taste with a liquid sweetener. (Also, it's hard to gauge the right amount of sugar for your ideal sweetness now as the guava will also sweeten the drink later.)
  • Once cooled (about 20 minutes), stir in the guava nectar or juice. If using the liquid sweetener, add it now.
  • Ideally, chill in the fridge before serving with ice cubes to prevent the ice from melting too quickly (and diluting the drink.) Finish within 1-2 days (stored in the fridge.)

Notes

Ice can dilute your drink, so either:
  1. chill the drink first then add the ice
  2. OR make the tea super concentrated
  3. OR freeze some of your guava tea into ice cubes, so that when they melt into your guava black tea, they won't dilute it!
Variation: substitute half the guava nectar for lemonade to make guava black tea lemonade.
Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its veracity. It would also vary depending on the brand of guava nectar used.

Nutrition

Calories: 95kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 18mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 44IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 19mg