mango dragon fruit refresher illustration (freepik.com/8photo)
Not just coffee, Starbucks actually provides fruit-based drinks that can be enjoyed for those of you who are tired of consuming caffeine. Mango dragon fruit refresher is one of them, this drink is made from mango and dragon fruit so it has a fresh taste and is able to soothe the throat.
This one menu is available in limited outlets, if you are curious about the taste then you should make your own drink at home. Reported by The Girl on Bloor, here's a mango dragon fruit refresher recipe that you should try right away.
1. Prepare various ingredients
dragon fruit illustration (pexels.com/Md. Momtaz Ali)Drink ingredients:
- 2 tbsp frozen dragon fruit
- ¼ cup white grape juice or apple juice
- ¼ cup mango juice
- ¼ cup lemonade
- 1 tsp dragon fruit powder (optional)
- Ice
2. Prepare dragon fruit and powder
dragon fruit drink illustration (pexels.com/Polina Tankilevitch)The first step, prepare a tall glass in advance. Then put two tablespoons of dragon fruit into it. You can use the frozen version of dragon fruit to maintain its texture, or if you don't have any then fresh fruit is fine.
Then add a teaspoon of dragon fruit powder into the glass. You can include this ingredient or not, because its main function is to give a more attractive purplish color to the drink.
3. Add ice cubes and grape juice
ice cube illustration (unsplash.com/Tomáš Lištiak)To make this drink even more refreshing, don't forget to add ice cubes. The amount can be adjusted to taste or can also be filled until it almost touches the surface of the glass.
Next, you can put the white grape juice into the glass. However, if these ingredients are not available, then an alternative component that can replace this one ingredient is apple juice.
4. Add mango juice to the glass
mango juice illustration (pexels.com/ROMAN ODINTSOV)After that, also add mango juice as one of the main flavor sources so that the drink gets sweeter. Add lemonade to give a refreshing sweet and sour impression.
When all the ingredients have been put into the glass, then all that remains is to stir it using a spoon or straw. In this way, the drink will give an attractive and appetizing appearance.
5. Tips for making mango dragon fruit refresher
mango dragon fruit refreshner illustration (pexels.com/Gilario Guevara)Before enjoying, you can make taste corrections to the drink, maybe there are ingredients you want to add so that the taste fits better in your mouth. Apart from that, you can also add coconut milk to produce dragon drink, a creamier and thicker drink.
This dish is best enjoyed straight away so that the ice cubes don't melt quickly and change the taste of the drink. This way you don't have to go far out of the house to make unique and refreshing cafe-style drinks.
How to make an easy mango dragon fruit refresher will keep you captivated, not to mention the processing time is quite short. Come on, try to make this fresh drink!
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