Whether you want something alcoholic or booze-free, a hot summer day calls for one of these cold, refreshing drink recipes to quench your thirst.
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Piña Colada
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Limoncello Spritz
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Moscow Mule
A glass of Mojito
Mojito
Blackberry Kombucha
Blackberry Mint Kombucha
Two bloody marys one wooden costers
Shaken, Stirred, and Totally Refreshing: 13 Vodka Cocktails for Summer Sipping
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13 Frozen Cocktail Recipes Worth the Brain Freeze
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Lemon Radler
Sparkling Grapefruit Sangria
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Frozen Mezcal Paloma cocktails served in two rocks glasses, garnished with thin half slices of lime
Frozen Mezcal Palomas
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Frothy Iced Matcha
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Mango Shandy With Chile, Ginger, and Lime
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Frozen Gin and Tonic
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The Easy Method for Perfect Fruit-Infused Water
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Thai Iced Tea
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Spicy Cucumber-Jalapeño Limeade
A glass container of cold brew coffee concentrate behind a full glass of iced coffee and milk.
Cold Brew Iced Coffee
Classic margarita in rocks glass with lime wheel on salted rim
Classic Margarita Recipe
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The Best Michelada
Two sidecar cocktails in stemmed cocktail glasses with sugared rims and an orange peel garnish
Sidecar Cocktail Recipe
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7 Ice-Cold Coffee Beverages for Hot Summer Days
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14 Vodka Cocktail Recipes Perfect for Summer
Fernet and Coke Recipe
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Fresh and Tart Chelada (Mexican Lime and Beer Cocktail) Recipe
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L'Aventura Punch (Vodka, Mint Tea, and Amaro Cocktail) Recipe
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Frappé (Foamy Iced Coffee) Recipe
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Dark and Stormy Cocktail Recipe
A gin rickey in a highball glass with a lime wedge on the rim. The glass is on a wood cutting board with a blue napkin, three other lime wedges, and a green hinged citrus juicer.
Gin Rickey
Two tall glasses of Arnold Palmer, each with a sprig of mint. In the top left corner of the image is a pitcher holding more Arnold Palmer.
The Best Arnold Palmer (Half and Half Iced Tea + Lemonade) Recipe
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25 Classic Cocktail Recipes Everyone Should Know
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Blackberry Gin and Tonic Recipe
A Fog Cutter cocktail in a Collins glass garnished with a wedge of lemon and a sprig of mint.
Fog Cutter Recipe
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Martini Oaxaqueño (Mezcal Dirty Martini With Castelvetrano Olives) Recipe
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Papaya Milk
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Caipirinha Cocktail
Strawberry lemonade in two glasses and a pitcher
14 Refreshing Nonalcoholic Drinks for Summer, Because It's Not All About the Booze
A glass of sangria adorned with an orange wedge.
Red Sangria
A glass of whiskey smash garnished with a fresh mint sprig.
Hot Weather Booze: Essential Summer Spirits
A bottle of Pimm's liqueur next to a fully garnished tall glass of Pimm's Cup cocktail.
Pimm's Cup Cocktail
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Marrakesh Express (Pomegranate Mezcal Cocktail With Harissa) Recipe
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Tiger Balm #2 Recipe
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The Tea Lover's Way to Make the Best Cold-Brew Iced Tea
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Classic Sangrita With Orange Juice, Pomegranate, and Chile Recipe
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The Best Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri
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Scorpion Recipe
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Ultra-Flavorful Fresh Lemonade Recipe
An Ampersand cocktail served in a coupe glass sits on a worn wooden surface.
Ampersand Cocktail Recipe
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Cucumber-Tequila Cooler Recipe
Closeup of grapefruit pisco cocktail topped with half slice of pink grapefruit and coarse salt
Passport to Chile (Grapefruit Pisco Cocktail)
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Thyme for a Salty Dog Recipe
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Gazpacho Bloody Mary With Pickled Shrimp Recipe
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Pamplemousse Cooler (Vodka-Cucumber Cocktail With Grapefruit LaCroix) Recipe
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Fresh Grapefruit Radler (Shandy) Recipe
Frothy fresh pineapple margarita in footed cocktail glass against black background
Fresh Pineapple Margaritas
Frozen Mezcal Paloma cocktails served in two rocks glasses, garnished with thin half slices of lime
Frozen Mezcal Palomas
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Mr. Howell (Daiquiri With Scotch and Maple) Recipe
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Swiss Cartel (Tequila Negroni Cocktail) Recipe
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Gin Daisy Recipe