Drinks

Mint julep + bubbly? This cocktail recipe combines the two delicious classics and is the ultimate way to celebrate.

Turn this tea punch recipe up a notch with a decorative ice ring.

This is one of the strongest, yet tastiest, cocktails we’ve ever created using ingredients inspired by swing states—just in time to help get you through the election.

Use gunpowder green tea if you can find it. The robust flavor will provide depth to this quaffable cocktail recipe.

For a really bright green latte, use ceremonial grade matcha.

Just because this is an infused mixture of wine, brandy, and orange liqueur doesn’t mean you can just throw anything in there and expect it to taste good. Use spirits you’d be happy to sip on their own. This recipe is from Morcilla, one of the Hot 10, America's Best New Restaurants 2016.

A little bit sweet, a tad spicy, with the round, caramel flavor of bourbon to ground it, this drink proves that cocktails can be seasonal, too.

When shaken with a lot of ice and a splash of sweetener, espresso forms a creamy froth on top and becomes infinitely more exciting.

Chiles and pineapple? Believe it or not, this sweet/spicy mix is insanely refreshing in drink form.

Cucumber and sage play off gin’s botanical notes; egg whites make this creamy and light. Dangerously refreshing.

Also delicious with frozen strawberries or mangoes instead of the pineapple, and with orange juice or any other nut milk for the liquid.

It might be hard to go back to regular iced tea ever again.

Slightly bruised or wrinkled stone fruit is ideal for making the infused syrup; peaches and nectarines work too.

This herb-infused rocks drink is fresh, cooling, and thirst-quenching, perfect for day drinking.

For those times when you buy as many quarts of berries as you can carry, then don’t know what to do with them, preserve them into drinkable form.

Fresh cantaloupe + coconut make for the perfect summer cocktail.

Don’t be fooled by the pretty pink hue; Aperol’s bitterness and tequila’s bite keep this slushy from being too sweet.

This clever pour-over dessert proves that, yes, it will affogato.

The Dark ’n’ Stormy is a trademarked drink invented in Bermuda about a hundred years ago, but this slushy version is pretty impressive too.

Adding lemon verbena and pureéd cantaloupe to a simple syrup brings out the sweet notes of the Prosecco.

Choose a full-flavored, full-bodied, dark-colored rosé for freezing. You want something that can hold its own.

This beautiful, bubbly summertime drink is fancy enough to enjoy on your yacht… or inner tube!

Never underestimate black peppercorns! Their heat sneaks up on you in this turmeric tonic.

True, this concoction is slightly more complex than lemonade. But so are most relationships.