Non-Alcoholic Drink Recipes

Fruity, fizzy, tart, and creamy—these non-alcoholic drink recipes will quench your thirst any time of day, whether alongside a meal or all on its own.

Two glasses of fruit smoothie next to half a papaya on a table

A glass of chocolate egg cream with a metal straw next to a bottle of Ubet chocolate syrup

Classic Brooklyn Egg Cream Soda

A glass of lemonade with ice cubes beside a pitcher containing more lemonade, next to small bowls of cardamom and lemons

Cardamom Lemonade

Plum, Thyme, and Chile Infused Water

Side view of spicy strawberry lemonade

Spicy Strawberry Lemonade

Multiple pitchers and glasses filled with infused water

How to Make Cucumber Water and Other Fruit-Infused Waters

Side view of Spicy lemonade

Spicy Cucumber-Jalapeño Limeade

Strawberry lemonade in two glasses and a pitcher

Strawberry Lemonade

Side view of spicy lemonade

Spicy Chile Lemonade

Hibiscus and pineapple skin tea on ice

Hibiscus-Pineapple Skin “Tea”

Two Jamaican sorrel hibiscus drinks resting on an old copper platter

Jamaican Sorrel (Hibiscus) Drink

Ultra-Flavorful Fresh Lemonade Recipe

A tall glass filled with ice and cold-brewed iced tea, with a full glass pitcher of iced tea behind it.

For The Best Sun Tea, Forget The Sun

A sweating glass of cold nimbu soda with large slices of fresh lime

Nimbu Soda (Indian-Style Lime Soda)

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Caffè Shakerato (Italian-Style Shaken Iced Coffee) Recipe

A glass of natural cola with ice.

Natural Cola Soda

DIY Root Beer Recipe

7 bottles of Mexican sodas, lined up on a white background

7 Mexican Sodas You Should Know

Chocolate Milk from Scratch Recipe

Momofuku Milk Bar's Cereal Milk Recipe

overhead view of two mugs of hot cocoa

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

DIY tonic water in a bottle, a glass with gin and tonic in the foreground

DIY Tonic Water Recipe

Stein of ginger beer displayed on straw mat with fresh ginger and limes

Homemade Ginger Beer

A glass of DIY rice milk. A glass canning jar of dry rice grains has been artfully spilled on the countertop nearby.

DIY Rice Milk Recipe

overhead view of boiling coke with lemon slices in saucepan

Boiled Coke with Ginger and Lemon Recipe

Rhubarb juice in a glass, on a napkin, on a blue plate, on another white plate.

A tall, slender glass of ultra-flavorful fresh limeade, garnished with a lime wheel.

Ultra-Flavorful Fresh Limeade Recipe

Overhead shot a tall glass vanilla ice cream soda and straw with a bottle seltzer on the side.

Vanilla Ice Cream Soda Recipe

A pistachio milkshake with chopped pistachio nuts on top.

Pistachio Milkshake Recipe

Malted Chocolate Milkshake Recipe

Classic Sangrita With Orange Juice, Pomegranate, and Chile Recipe

Essential Sodas: Jarritos Tamarindo

A glass of DIY orange soda with a striped straw next to a bottle of orange concentrate and a sliced orange.

DIY Orange Soda Recipe

All About Mabi, a Delightfully Funky Drink From the Caribbean

Two glasses of berry shrub. On the right hand side of the image are some strawberries, both whole and sliced in half, and on the left side of the image, in the background, is a small glass bottle holding more shrub.

Cold-Processed Shrub

Close-up of an icy glass of melon, or Filipino cantaloupe juice, ready to slake thirst.

Melon (Filipino Cantaloupe Juice)

Walnut and Banana Smoothie Recipe

Rhubarb Shrub Recipe

chocolate pumpkin milkshake

Spicy Chocolate Pumpkin Milkshake Recipe

Blueberry Water Kefir, Coconut Water Kefir, Hibiscus-Ginger Water Kefir

Water Kefir from 'Mastering Fermentation'

Horchata Recipe

Light and Drizzly Recipe

Light and Frothy Raspberry Faluda Recipe

Peach-Ginger Shrub Recipe

Don's Mix Recipe

Strawberry-Rhubarb Iced Tea Recipe

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What the Frappe? THIS is a Real Milkshake

Lemongrass-Lavender White Hot Chocolate Recipe

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Apple Sujeonggwa (Korean Cinnamon-Ginger Punch) Recipe

Spicy-tart kale limeade, served in a stemmed glass with a lime wheel.

Spicy-Tart Kale Limeade Recipe

How to Make the Most Flavorful Limeade, Summer's Best Drink

Turkish Salep Recipe

Sparkling Sumac Lemonade Recipe

water glass

The Best-Tasting Water Recipe

Mango lassi in a tall glass with a straw

A glass bottle containing elderflower cordial, pouring the liquid into a glass containing ice.

DIY Elderflower Cordial

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glass mug of warm mulled cider with cinnamon stick

Spiced Mulled Apple Cider

Making Peanut Butter-Flavored Cocktails with Peanut Punch Recipe

DIY Grape Soda Recipe

Spicy Strawberry-Jalapeño Lemonade Recipe

5 Nonalcoholic Drinks That'll Satisfy When You're Craving a Cocktail

Raspberry Limeade Recipe

Mocktail Science: Easy Substitutes for Complexity

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