Nonalcoholic

If you’re in a hurry, you can use very strong coffee instead of the espresso, and warmed half and half or cream instead of the steamed milk.

Turn this iced tea into a cocktail with a little gin.

The strawberry syrup is perfect for topping ice cream and yogurt or mixing into butter for spreading onto biscuits, pancakes, and French toast.

A tart drinking vinegar that can be made with whatever berries you have on hand. Use for spritzers, cocktails, even ice cream floats.

What's cooler than being cool? Ice-cold coffee with a whole lot of tonic water suddenly popping up all over the U.S., that's what.

Learn how to make switchel—a.k.a. nature's Gatorade.

Stir well before each serving. It’s natural for the ginger to settle to the bottom.

Part fizzy ice-cold soda, part huge globs of ice cream, these grown-up floats have us floating on cloud nine.

Customize this chai recipe blend by adding a crushed cinnamon stick or big pinch of grated fresh ginger to the first step.

Okay, fine, you’ve never heard of baobab—but that’s about to change. (Remember when no one knew how to pronounce quinoa?) You’ll find the powder from the tangy superfruit stocked at the health food store.

Seasonal fruit and some soda water are all you need to get your bubble fix at home.

Mix up one of these refreshing homemade sodas and we bet you'll never crave the canned stuff again.

Just when you finally figured out the coffee scene, hot chocolate gets the single-origin treatment too.

No matter what your ailment is, there's a tonic out there to cure it. Check out these homemade herbal concoctions to find which one fits the bill.

This delivers a concentrated shot of vitamin C (from the citrus) and antioxidants (from the prickly pear).

This also makes a tasty spritzer—use club soda in place of water.

Nutrients are lost when ingredients boil, so steep this cold-and-flu-buster at a relatively low temperature.

The classic carrot-ginger combo gets extra zesty with lime juice.

A vegan’s delight, with a gentle bonus buzz from the matcha.

This combo, served at Moon Juice in Los Angeles, is prized for its anti-inflammatory properties. Pineapple makes it palatable for green-juice newbies.

Truth be told, the bourbon's optional, and this is equally delicious hot or cold.

An unexpected way to revamp hot chocolate.

Be careful not to boil the tea. It will give you a cleaner flavor and be more nutrient-rich.

Tepache is a fermented pineapple liquor commonly sold by street vendors in parts of Mexico.