Strawberry Acai Refresher - A Beautiful Mess

Love the Starbucks Strawberry Acai Refresher? Today we will learn how to cook this recipe at home. This drink is fruity and sweet, high in caffeine and packed with antioxidants.

The Strawberry Acai Refresher is Starbucks’ most popular soft drink, and with good reason! This recipe is so good.

Best of all, once you’ve made this basic recipe, all you have to do is replace the water with sweet coconut milk to make the pink drink at home.

More Starbucks copycat recipes to try at home: Paradise Drink Recipe, Mango Dragon Fruit Refresher Recipe, and Starbucks Egg White Bites.

Ingredients for a strawberry acai refresher

Freeze Dried Strawberries – These freeze-dried strawberries are an important part of the recipe as they give the drink that pleasant sensory experience as if there were dried pieces of fruit in the drink. This is what I like best about the refresher recipes!
Fresh strawberries – You will also need fresh strawberries to make the base syrup.
Sugar – White granulated sugar.
White Grape Juice – This will naturally sweeten your syrup recipe as this recipe uses less sugar than some of the other basic refresher recipes.
acai powder – I found my acai powder on Amazon.
Green Coffee Extract Powder – Green coffee bean extract powder adds a caffeine boost to your drink. If you want to decaffeinate your drink, omit this ingredient.
passion fruit powder – I found my passion fruit powder on Amazon.
lemon juice – For a nice citrus note.
Water
Ice

How to make the Strawberry Acai Refreshment Base

The basis is the syrup for your recipe. Once you’ve made this base, you can use the same base to make the Strawberry Acai Refresher or Pink Drink recipe.

For the base: Mix white grape juice, sugar and peeled and sliced strawberries in a saucepan. Heat the syrup and simmer for 10 minutes, then set aside and allow the strawberry flavor to infuse into the syrup for another 10 minutes.

Strain the syrup and remove the strawberry pieces from the syrup. Pour the syrup back into the pot.

Return the syrup to low heat and add the acai powder, green coffee extract, passion fruit powder, and lemon juice. Whisk them together until fully blended. Transfer the syrup to a mason jar and refrigerate until ready to use.

How to mix a strawberry acai soft drink

In a shaker, combine some freeze-dried strawberries (keeping some aside to use as a topping at the end) and about 1/2 cup of the ground, and 1/2 cup of water with ice.

Shake the drink until fully mixed and pour over ice. Garnish with a few more pieces of freeze-dried strawberries.

Crafting tips

If you prefer a sweeter drink, use lemonade instead of water to mix with the base to make the drink. It tastes like a sweet strawberry lemonade drink.
To make a pink drink, use sweetened coconut milk instead of water.
To make your refreshment decaffeinated, simply omit the green coffee extract in this recipe.

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FAQ

frequently asked Questions

How much caffeine is in a strawberry acai refresher?

There is about 50 mg of caffeine in a 16-ounce drink, about a third of the caffeine in an iced coffee of the same size.

What kind of tea is in a soft drink?

Soft drinks are not made from tea, but are a cold drink whose caffeine is obtained from green coffee extract. There is no tea in the soft drink.

What is the most popular fruit drink at Starbucks?

The Strawberry Acai Refresher is the most popular soft drink. It’s a great choice for someone looking for a refreshing alternative to coffee and tea.

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How to make the base:

In a saucepan, combine white grape juice, sugar, and peeled and chopped strawberries. Heat the syrup and simmer for 10 minutes, then set aside and allow the strawberry flavor to infuse into the syrup for another 10 minutes
Strain the syrup and remove the strawberry pieces from the syrup. Pour the syrup back into the pot.
Return the syrup to low heat and add the acai powder, green coffee extract, passion fruit powder, and lemon juice. Whisk them together until fully blended. Transfer the syrup to a mason jar and refrigerate until ready to use.

How to mix the drink:

In a shaker, combine some freeze-dried strawberries (set aside some for topping at the end), about 1/2 cup of the grounds, and 1/2 cup of water with ice. Shake the drink until fully mixed and pour over ice. Garnish with a few more pieces of freeze-dried strawberries.

Remarks

If you prefer a sweeter drink, use lemonade instead of water to mix with the base to make the drink. It tastes like a sweet strawberry lemonade drink.
To make a pink drink, use sweetened coconut milk instead of water.
To make your refreshment decaffeinated, simply omit the green coffee extract in this recipe.

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Note: Nutritional values are automatically calculated using Spoonacular for your convenience. Where appropriate, we recommend using your own nutritional calculations.

Strawberry Acai Refresher – A Beautiful Mess