2-Minute Summer-Berry Starbucks Refresher: Copycat Recipe
Summer-Berry Starbucks Refreshers are teeming with blueberry, blackberry, and raspberry flavors! This summer, Starbucks has added the ever-popular popping boba pearls that burst with fresh fruit flavor. With my quick and easy 2-minute recipe, you can enjoy this refresher all summer — while saving money!
Summer-Berry Starbucks Refreshers are the fresh, fruity flavor we have wanted! The flavor is a combination of blueberry, blackberry, and raspberry! Their new drink includes boba pearls that pop with fresh raspberry flavor. Can we say, OMG? Yep! It’s that good! Here is a breakdown of the three Summer Berry Refreshers on the Starbucks menu.
- Summer Berry – A mixed berry base, water, ice, and raspberry-flavored pearls
- Summer Berry Lemonade – A mixed berry base, lemonade, ice, and raspberry-flavored pearls
- Summer Skies Drink – A mixed berry base, coconut milk, ice, and raspberry-flavored pearls. (My money is on the Summer Skies Drink will be the pink drink of summer 2024!)
Try pairing the Summer Berry refresher with homemade fruit popsicles or a blueberry milkshake for a perfect hot day combination!
Summer-Berry Starbucks Refreshers Cliff Notes
EASE: Easy!
CUISINE: American
COURSE: All Day
TIME: 2 Minutes
Ingredients
Starbucks’ drink syrups are custom-made, which makes copycatting them challenging. I looked for off-the-shelf ingredients that were as close as possible in flavor. Monin Wildberry was by far the closest favorite (and delicious!) It will require an investment, but you will save money quickly at $7 a Starbucks drink!
- Moin Wildberry Syrup: Monin does not specify the berry flavors in this syrup. However, the label has an image of blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, which implies that those are the berry flavors in this syrup.
- Citric Acid: This ingredient adds a tang to balance out the sweetness. It is an important ingredient, but always remember that with citric acid, less is more.
- Green Bean Coffee Extract (optional): This can be added for caffeine. Starbucks lists this as “flavor.” But in my experience, it does not add flavor, so I left it as optional.
- Strawberry-Flavored Boba Pearls (optional): I struggled to find raspberry boba pearls on Amazon for less than $40, so I chose Strawberry pearls. The differences between the drinks were slight. Here is what I noted.
- The strawberry pearls were sweeter, whereas the Starbucks raspberry pearls were tarter.
- The strawberry pearls are made with tapioca, and the Starbucks pearls are not. I only noticed a very slight difference in texture. I also noticed the raspberry pearls dissolved into the drink faster.
Note: Starbucks makes drinks with flavored syrups instead of fresh fruits. You can try to make this at home using fresh fruits. But, it will take longer and taste nothing like the Starbucks berry drink.
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2-Minute Summer-Berry Starbucks Refreshers: Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
BASE
- 1 tablespoon Monin Wildberry Syrup
- 3 tablespoons water
- ⅛ teaspoon citric acid
SUMMER BERRY REFRESHER
- 1 cup of the prepared base Monin Wildberry Syrup mixed with water
- 1 cup of your choice of mixer water, lemonade, or coconut milk
- 1 handful of boba pearls
Instructions
- Prepare the base by mixing the Monin Wildberry Syrup, water, and citric acid.
- In a large glass, place a handful of boba pearls at the bottom.
- Add two scoops (approximately 2 cups) of ice into the glass.
- Pour in the prepared base and your chosen mixer for the refresher.
- Mix well and enjoy your refreshing summer berry drink!
Notes
- 1 part base: 1 equal part water
- 1 part base: 1 equal part lemonade
- 1 part base: 1 equal part coconut milk
| Size | Ice Scoops | Base | Mixer | Inclusions (Handful) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tall (12 oz) | 1.5 scoops | 3/4 | 3/4 | 1 |
| Grande (16 oz) | 2 scoops | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Venti (24 oz) | 3 scoops | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1-2 |
Love this drink. Two ingredients and super easy!
Hi Judy, thank you so much! It’s so easy and so much cheeper then Starbucks! When I was testing it and trying to find the perfect match I was pleasantly surprised to realize it all came down to one syrup! That never happens!