Recipe Roundup

Cool Drinks for Hot Days

Need relief from the heat? These refreshing, non-alcoholic beverages should do the trick.
  • Photo by Evan Sklar
    3/11

    Sweet Peach Tea

    Pureed fresh peaches, smashed ginger, and mint springs are the answer to this upgraded iced tea.

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  • Staci Valentine
    4/11

    Ginger-Peach Soda

    Lightly smashing the peach slices helps release their sweet juices into the glass before the soda is assembled.

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  • Maren Caruso
    5/11

    Chia Limeade

    Just three ingredients—lime juice, sugar, and chia seeds—make up this sweet and tart refresher.

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  • Christopher Testani
    6/11

    Fermented Grape Soda

    Be sure to use organic ginger in this soda: it's richer in microbes than nonorganic, which is important for fermentation.

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  • Photo by Elizabeth Coetzee, Food styling by Micah Marie Morton
    7/11

    Homemade Ginger Beer

    While it's easy to pick up a few bottles of spicy ginger beer at the grocery store, once you make it yourself, you'll never rely on the store-bought stuff again.

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  • Clay McLachlan
    8/11

    Laskey Lemon Soda with Bay Ice Cubes

    Freezing bay leaves into ice cubes is a unique way to impart flavor into refreshing lemon soda.

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  • Photo by Kate Mathis
    11/11

    Rhubarb Spritzer

    Homemade rhubarb simple syrup combines with seltzer in this pretty pink drink.

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