How to Order a Medicine Ball at Starbucks: In-Person & via the App (2024)

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Co-authored byJanice Tieperman

Last Updated: September 18, 2023Fact Checked

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   Select the “Honey Citrus Mint Tea” option on the menu. Although many Starbucks enthusiasts call this drink a “medicine ball,” its official menu name is “Honey Citrus Mint Tea.” Look under the “Hot Teas” category and scroll through the “Green Teas” section to find it.^[1]

   • You can find it between the “Matcha Tea Latte” and “Jade Citrus Mint Brewed Tea.”
   • You’ll have to select a specific Starbucks store to order from before you can view the menu.
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   Choose a size for your drink. Honey Citrus Mint Tea officially comes in 4 sizes: short, tall, grande, and venti. Short drinks are 8floz (240mL), tall drinks are 12floz (350mL), grande drinks are 16floz (470mL), and venti-sized drinks are 20floz (590mL).^[2]

   • If you’re ordering your tea in person, you might be able to order a trenta-sized tea, which is 31floz (920mL).^[3] However, this option isn’t available on the Starbucks app.

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   Add any extra customizations that you’d like. Honey Citrus Mint Tea automatically comes with the tasty mint, peach, lemon, and honey flavors that you know and love—but you’re still welcome to change things up if you’d like! Tap the “Customize” button to adjust the amount of lemonade and honey in your drink, or to add some extra tea bags.^[4]

   • For instance, you might customize your drink to have a little bit of cinnamon powder added.
   • Some customizations might add an extra charge to your order.
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   Order your drink for in-store or drive-thru pick-up. If you’re feeling pretty icky, ask a friend or loved one to pick up your drink for you.^[5] If you’re feeling fine, feel free to pick up your drink for yourself.^[6]

   • If you’d rather have your drink delivered, try ordering Starbucks through a third-party delivery app like DoorDash, GrubHub, or UberEATS.

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1. Ask for a “medicine ball” or “Honey Citrus Mint Tea.” Honey Citrus Mint Tea is the official name of the medicine ball, so you can just request that at the counter or drive-thru window.^[7] Let the barista know whether you’d like a small (short)-, medium (tall)-, large (grande)-, or extra-large (venti)-sized drink, and if you’d like any customizations, like extra lemonade or extra honey.

   • You can also ask for extra additions to your drink, like peppermint syrup or cinnamon powder.
   • The medicine ball is very well-known in the Starbucks community; so, if you ask your barista for a “medicine ball,” they’ll still know what you’re talking about.

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   Heat up a mixture of lemonade and water on your stovetop. Pour ³⁄₄c (180mL) each of water and lemonade into a small saucepan. Set your stovetop on high or medium-high heat, until your lemonade-water mixture is simmering.^[8]

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   Steep a mint and a peach tea bag in the mixture for 3 minutes. Slide the saucepan off the burner and onto a cool surface. Then, stick both tea bags in the lemonade-water mixture and cover up the pot with the lid. Then, steep the tea for 3 minutes.^[9]

   • Use Starbucks’s Jade Citrus Mint green tea and Peach Tranquility herbal tea to really capture the authentic medicine ball flavors.^[10]
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   Mix in 1UStbsp (15mL) of honey into your tea mixture. Make sure that the honey is totally dissolved first before pouring your medicine ball into 2 separate mugs. As an extra touch, garnish the top of the beverage with a thin slice of lemon.^[11]

   • For an extra burst of minty flavor, add a drop of peppermint extract to your tea mixture before pouring it into the mugs.

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