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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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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16 Vodka Cocktail Recipes Perfect for Summer
Fernet and Coke Recipe
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Fresh and Tart Chelada (Mexican Lime and Beer Cocktail) Recipe
Overhead view of a punchbowl full of L'Aventura Punch, garnished with lime wheels and mint leaves.
L'Aventura Punch (Vodka, Mint Tea, and Amaro Cocktail) Recipe
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15 Vodka Cocktail Recipes for Sunny Weather Sipping
Profile view of frappé served in a tall pilsner glass with a candy cane-striped straw.
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 Recipe
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
Side view of a strawberry mint sparkler, served in a tall glass with a mint garnish.
Strawberry-Mint Sparkler Recipe
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25 Classic Cocktail Recipes Everyone Should Know
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Blackberry Gin and Tonic Recipe
Overhead view of a Moscow Mule
Moscow Mule Recipe
A Fog Cutter cocktail in a Collins glass garnished with a wedge of lemon and a sprig of mint.
Fog Cutter Recipe
Overhead shot of a mezcal dirty martini with two skewered olive perched on the rim
Martini Oaxaqueño (Mezcal Dirty Martini With Castelvetrano Olives) Recipe
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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 Recipe
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Lady Grey Recipe
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Marrakesh Express (Pomegranate Mezcal Cocktail With Harissa) Recipe
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Frothy Iced Matcha Green Tea Recipe
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 Recipe
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Scorpion Recipe
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Ultra-Flavorful Fresh Lemonade Recipe
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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) Recipe
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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 Recipe
Frozen Mezcal Paloma cocktails served in two rocks glasses, garnished with thin half slices of lime
Frozen Mezcal Palomas Recipe
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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
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The Wayland's Bermuda Black Recipe
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A cucumber gin fizz, served in a Collins glass with sliced cucumber garnish.
Cucumber Gin Fizz
Overhead view of domo arigato cocktails next to a vintage ice cube tray.
Domo Arigato (Mezcal and Ginger Cocktail) Recipe
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Sparkling Pomegranate Pitcher Cocktail Recipe
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Fresh Lemon Radler (Shandy) Recipe
Zombie punch cocktail with cherries, mint, and an umbrella
Zombie Punch Recipe
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Mai Tai Recipe
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Five-Spice Bourbon Punch Recipe
Side view of a blackberry margarita.
Blackberry Margarita Recipe
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El Derby Ahumado (Basil Julep With Cucumber, Jalapeño, and Mezcal) Recipe
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Timekiller (Quick Pineapple Rum-LaCroix Cocktail) Recipe
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Bramble Recipe