What is Starbucks’ Iced Guava Passionfruit Drink?
It’s a sister drink to the Iced Pineapple Matcha and Iced Golden Ginger Drinks in that it features coconutmilk as its base. This one packs a flavor punch with guava, passionfruit, pineapple, and ginger. It uses the pineapple ginger syrup along with a guava juice blend to create a bubblegum pink color and creamy flavor.
How is it?
You know how when you’re little and you think you don’t like fish (or insert other food you hated here), but it’s really because you actually haven’t tried it and just think you don’t like it? That’s how I used to be with coconutmilk. But once I began trying it a few years back in Starbucks’ Pink and Violet drinks (Refreshers paired with coconutmilk), I was sold.
The new Iced Guava Passionfruit Drink does not disappoint when it comes to creamy coconutmilk goodness. Having really enjoyed the recently released Iced Golden Ginger Drink, I was excited to try this one too.
At first sip, it immediately transports me to somewhere tropical – I definitely wanted to be on the beach with this one in hand. Despite the 25 grams of sugar in a tall, it’s not overly sweet. The fruity guava flavor definitely comes through, but the pineapple ginger syrup wasn’t very noticeable. All in all, it’s a pleasant drink – fruity flavor, a nice thickness from the coconutmilk and certainly refreshing on a hot day.
Anything else you need to know?
Like the Iced Golden Ginger Drink, there’s no caffeine in this one. So if you’re willing to fork over the more than $4 for a Starbucks drink that’s not going to give you a caffeine boost, it’s worth a try.
Conclusion:
While I enjoyed and loved the taste, I wouldn’t add it in to my normal Starbucks drink rotation, but keep it as a special, once-in-a-while beverage for an afternoon treat.
Purchased Price: $4.45
Size: Tall
Purchased at: Starbucks
Rating: 7 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 140 calories, 2 grams of total fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 60 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 25 grams of total sugars, 1 grams of protein and 0 milligrams of caffeine.
A nice and refreshing ? review–sounds like a nice drink for a hot day–
(The question mark in the above comment was supposed to be a wink emoji–apparently, the system here didn’t like that, lol.)
I hate ginger…I was looking forward to trying this but now I’m on the fence.
trhe Ginger taste is not very noticable. Its very subtle.
LOVE this drink! I was nervous about trying it after the Iced Golden Ginger Drink set my throat on FIRE, but the ginger in this drink is very subtle. The flavors of guava, passionfruit, and coconut milk come through nicely.
I was looking forward to this drink because of the Passionfruit in the title. Luckily I looked at the ingredient list before I tried it because surprise no Passionfruit. It did have a nice flavor but how can you put Passionfruit in the name and not have any in it. Passionfruit tastes wonderful but not even a hint of it.
trhe Ginger taste is not very noticable. Its very subtle.