Starbucks Pink Drink {Perfect Copycat!}

Name: Starbucks Pink Drink {Perfect Copycat!}
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 2 tbsp freeze-dried, fresh or frozen strawberries; 1/2 cup passion tea (such as Tazo brand ); 1/4 cup white grape juice; 1/2 cup strawberry sparkling water (such as Perrier); 1/4 cup coconut milk; 1 handful ice cubes

This Starbucks Pink Drink recipe is the perfect copycat, made with passion tea, strawberry sparkling water and creamy coconut milk.

Two cups of homemade Starbucks pink drink with freeze-dried strawberries placed around them.

Ingredients for Starbucks pink drink: strawberries, coconut milk, sparkling water, white grape juice and passion tea.

Ingredients and substitutions

Strawberries – I use freeze-dried strawberries but fresh or frozen berries would work as well.
Passion tea – the TAZO® Passion™ Tea is best. You could try another herbal tea made with rose hips, hibiscus and/or orange peel.
White grape juice – you could try using apple juice but the flavour will be quite different. Make sure you don’t use purple grape juice, as it’ll make your drink too dark.
Strawberry sparkling water – Perrier has a strawberry sparkling water but plain sparkling water would also work.
Coconut milk – coconut cream or half-and-half with a few drops of coconut extract would work in a pinch.

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How to make Starbucks pink drink

Steps 1 and 2 for making Starbucks pink drink: brew passion tea in cold water, then add ice and strawberries to a glass.

Step 1: Steep the passion tea in cool water.

Add a bag of passion tea to 1/2 cup cool water, then let sit for 5 min.

Step 2: Add ice and strawberries to a large glass.

Add a handful of ice to a glass along with 2 tbsp of strawberries.

Steps 3 and 4 for making Starbucks pink drink: pour in white grape juice and sparkling water.

Step 3: Pour in grape juice.

Step 4: Add sparkling water.

Steps 5 and 6 for making Starbucks pink drink: Pour in brewed passion tea then mix in coconut milk.

Step 5: Pour in brewed passion tea.

Step 6: Mix in coconut milk.

Serve and enjoy!

A glass of homemade Starbucks pink drink surrounded by strawberries.

Making a pitcher full

Adjusting the ingredient amounts to make a pitcher full of this Starbucks pink drink recipe is easy; there’s just a little math involved.

For example, let’s use a pitcher size of 48 ounces. We know that one serving as shown in the recipe card makes about 12 ounces.

So, dividing 48 by 12 gives you an answer of 4. Now, multiply each of the ingredients by 4 to see how much of each ingredient you’ll need. You can mix everything together in your pitcher and then pour it into serving glasses.

Here's what that will look like:

1/2 cup freeze-dried strawberries
2 cups passion tea
1 cup white grape juice
2 cups strawberry sparkling water
1 cup coconut milk
Enough ice to fill a pitcher

An overhead shot of two homemade Starbucks pink drinks.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Starbucks pink drink?

The Starbucks pink drink is a refreshing drink that you’ve probably seen all over your Instagram feed. It’s essentially their Strawberry Acai Refresher® topped with coconut milk and strawberries.

What's in it?

The Starbucks version of the drink is made with a strawberry açaí base, which I have never seen in grocery stores, in addition to sugar and other mystery ingredients (like ‘natural flavours, fruit and vegetable juice’). My pink drink ingredients include strawberries, passion tea, white grape juice, strawberry sparkling water, coconut milk and ice cubes.

Does it have caffeine?

The original Starbucks pink drink does have a bit of caffeine in it from the green coffee flavour, but this recipe is caffeine-free as long as you use an herbal tea like the TAZO® Passion™ Tea.

How many calories are in the Starbucks pink drink?

There is a pretty large difference in the calories in my version of the pink drink versus the Starbucks version. One 12 oz. serving of the original Starbucks version has 110 calories, whereas the same portion size for my Starbucks pink drink recipe has just 56 calories. My version shaves off calories by using sparkling water to bring flavour instead of relying on juice alone.

A hand holding a glass of homemade Starbucks pink drink.

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