Make Your Own Refreshing Drinks: Ideas for Hot Summer Days
On hot days, there is hardly anything better than a cool drink. Instead of reaching for sugary ready-made drinks, you can make your own refreshing drinks with TEABALLS in a few seconds – with no added sugar and no tea bags.
This article shows the basic preparation and presents varieties and bundles that suit refreshing drinks – with the flavour, the ingredients and a note on caffeine for each variety.
The Basic Preparation
- Put 3–5 TEABALLS into a glass (for about 3 dl of drink).
- Add cold or iced water and stir briefly until the pressed pieces have dissolved. For a hot drink, we recommend water at 60–80 °C.
- Top up with sparkling water if you like, and serve with ice cubes, lemon slices or mint leaves.
One bottle of 150 pressed pieces lasts for 30–50 drinks at 3–5 pressed pieces per glass, which is 9–15 litres. The 8 organic varieties can only be enjoyed hot and are therefore not included in this article.
Aroma Bundle — Flavoured Water Without Sugar
The easiest way to start making your own refreshing drinks: the Aroma Bundle turns still or sparkling water into flavoured water without sugar in seconds – with around 3 kcal per glass according to the product page. Each bottle makes 9–15 litres of drink (the bundle costs CHF 44.50). Ideal for trying several varieties and mixing the right drink for everyone at the table. The ingredients differ by variety and are listed on each variety's page.
Refreshment Bundle – Hibiscus • Mint • Earl Grey • Green Tea • Lemon
Five varieties for flavoured water: hibiscus, mint, Earl Grey, green tea and lemon (CHF 44.50). None of the five varieties contains a sweetener or added sugar. Earl Grey (black tea extract) and green tea contain natural caffeine; hibiscus, mint and lemon contain no tea.
TEABALLS Lemon Vitamin C
TEABALLS Lemon Vitamin C makes a refreshing drink with a fruity lemon flavour in seconds – hot or cold. The ingredients include camomile extract, ascorbic acid and natural lemon flavouring. The nutrition information on the product page states 3 kJ / 1 kcal, 0 g sugars and vitamin C at 15 mg (19% NRV). No added sugar.
TEABALLS Wildberry
TEABALLS Wildberry tastes of dark forest berries and can be drunk hot or cold. The ingredients: hibiscus and camomile extract, natural flavouring and colouring concentrates from radish, blackcurrant and apple (plus acidity regulators). Simply dissolve in water – no added sugar.
TEABALLS Peach Iced Tea
TEABALLS Peach Iced Tea gives you a fruity peach flavour for iced tea in a glass. Ingredients: black tea, hibiscus and camomile extract, natural flavouring, natural lemon oil and colouring concentrates from carrot and hibiscus (plus acidity regulators). Because of the black tea extract, it contains natural caffeine. No added sugar, dissolved in seconds.
TEABALLS Mint
TEABALLS Mint tastes clear and fresh, like peppermint. The pressed pieces dissolve in cold water with a light fizz. They consist of peppermint extract and acidity regulators, contain no tea and therefore no caffeine. No added sugar.
TEABALLS Orange
TEABALLS Orange has a rounded orange flavour and can be drunk hot or cold. Ingredients: camomile extract, natural orange flavouring, natural orange oil and beta-carotene (plus acidity regulators). Topped up with sparkling water, it makes a sparkling orange drink. One bottle of 150 pressed pieces lasts for up to 15 litres of drink. No added sugar.
TEABALLS Raspberry Iced Tea
TEABALLS Raspberry Iced Tea gives water an intense raspberry flavour – a homemade iced tea, dissolved in seconds. Ingredients: hibiscus and camomile extract, natural flavouring and colouring concentrate from carrot (plus acidity regulators). No added sugar.
TEABALLS Cherry
TEABALLS Cherry gives water a fruity cherry flavour, with no added sugar. Ingredients: hibiscus and camomile extract, natural flavouring and colouring concentrates from beetroot and carrot (plus acidity regulators). In still water or with mineral water as a spritzer, there is no steeping time.
TEABALLS Hibiscus
TEABALLS Hibiscus tastes fruity and tart and turns the drink deep red – hot or cold. The pressed pieces contain no tea and therefore no caffeine; the ingredients are listed on the product page. No added sugar. By the way, our hibiscus iced tea recipe shows step by step how to turn it into a summery iced tea.
Ingredients, Sugar and Caffeine at a Glance
- Sugar: no TEABALLS variety contains added sugar.
- Sweeteners: sucralose is found in only 4 of the 16 TEABALLS varieties (Energy, Mango, Blueberry & Coconut, Watermelon). The other 12 TEABALLS varieties and all 8 organic varieties contain no sweetener; the individual varieties presented here and the Refreshment Bundle are not sweetened with it.
- Other ingredients: all 16 TEABALLS varieties contain acidity regulators (citric acid, sodium hydrogen carbonate or sodium carbonates), some also flavourings and colouring concentrates. The full ingredient list is on each product page.
- Calories: the product pages state 3 kJ / 1 kcal (e.g. for Lemon Vitamin C; based on 100 ml of prepared drink) – that is about 3 kcal per glass.
- Caffeine: green tea, Earl Grey and the peach iced tea (black tea extract) contain natural caffeine; the other varieties presented here contain no tea.
- Range: there are 24 varieties in total, 8 of them organic (16 TEABALLS varieties + 8 organic varieties).
Conclusion: Make Your Own Refreshing Drinks for Hot Days
With TEABALLS, refreshing drinks without added sugar are ready in seconds: put the pressed pieces in water, stir briefly, and top up with sparkling water, ice cubes or lemon as you like. If you prefer cold drinks, the Sugar-free iced tea powder collection offers varieties and sets to dissolve cold; the whole range is in the TEABALLS – All Products overview.