Starbucks Shaken Passion Iced Tea Lemonade...?

Question

I am trying to make the Shaken Passion Iced tea lemonade at home, I have the simple syrup, tazo passion tea bags, ice and lemonade. So first, I have to make the tea. At Starbucks, do they make the tea like regular iced tea or concentrated? And can you give me measurements on how many tea bags for how much water cause I want to make a pitcherful like at Starbucks, it would help SOOOOOOO much if you work/worked there and if you have the actual recipe that would be awesome too!

Answer 1

The Sbux passion tea that is brewed in house is about twice as strong as what is recommended. They use gallon tea bags with 2-liter pitchers. To be successful in making Passion Tea Lemonade, you need to keep the passion tea you've brewed at double strength. It's about 2-to-1; Tea to Lemonade. And about a Tablespoon and a half of syrup per 20 oz... but you can always tweak it for your own taste for sweetness. Though, nothing is ever as good as what you get at Sbux... it just doesn't turn out the same!

Answer 2

If you follow the recipe on the box for the tea it will taste the same.  I use less water since I'm always in a rush to cool it down with lots of ice.