5 Easy Cocktails to Beat the Heat
Cool off with a frosty beverage. Here are some of our favorite summer cocktails.
It’s hot out there and it’s been one heck of a week (okay, year). These fresh takes on classic cocktails are perfect for chilling out over the weekend.
The Only Margarita Recipe You’ll Ever Need
A well-made margarita can be a thing of beauty, both sweet and sour and full of lively agave flavors. And mixing a great margarita at home is really, really easy. You don’t need a blender or a muddler or some fancy French liqueur you can’t pronounce. You don’t really even need salt, though I kind of like it.
Jus Jus Spritz
This cocktail has Cocchi Americano and low-ABV wine as its main ingredients, so you’ll feel refreshed after a chilled glass—and you’ll stay that way all evening.
Frosty Lemon Martini
This sweet-tart, chilled lemon martini is perfect served on warm summer evenings.
Garden Bloody Mary
A great cocktail can start just outside your door when you grow almost all the ingredients yourself.
Plum Rosewater Gin and Tonic
Cassie Winslow, founder of the blog Deco Tartelette and the author of Floral Libations shares her fruity and floral take on the gin and tonic.
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