Summer Drinks

  • July 7, 2008

Light and fruity or packing a wicked wallop, these drinks will get your summertime party started.

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How To Make a Frozen Fruit Daiquiri

Whether enjoyed by the beach or pool, bar or barbeque, the frozen fruit daiquiri is as essential to summer as sunscreen and swimwear. Choose your fruit and plug in that blender.

Blender Drinks from Tamara

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How To Make Electric Lemonade

With its psychedelic name and shocking color, an Electric Lemonade might be a mind-blowing potion dreamed up by some mad hippie scientist—but who cares? It's a great drink to light up your summer night.

Blender Drinks from Tamara

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How To Make a Sex on the Beach

If ever a cocktail was destined for the spring break circuit, Sex on the Beach is it. This racy concoction is now more popular than ever served as a "shooter"—a mini-cocktail in a shot glass. Whether you're looking for a…

Mixed Drinks from Tamara

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How To Make a Tequila Sunrise

This classic drink has inspired a #1 song, an Oscar-nominated movie, and countless bleary-eyed encounters with the real sunrise.

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How To Make a Cuba Libre

Created during the 1898 Spanish-American War to liberate Cuba, the Cuba Libre was originally mixed at a bar by an off-duty U.S. soldier. It has since become the liberating libation of choice for freedom-loving drinkers around the world.

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How To Make a Mai Tai

California bar-owner Trader Vic handed this concoction to a Tahitian friend in 1944 who took one sip and proclaimed, "Mai tai, roa ae," or, in English, "Out of this world, the best!"

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How To Make a Long Island Iced Tea

It may look like plain old iced tea, but this drink—invented near Long Island’s Jones Beach in the 1970s—is one potent potation and the East Coast's answer to the Zombie.

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How To Make a Piña Colada

Do you like Piña Coladas and getting caught in the rain? Making love at midnight and cheesy love song refrains? Here's how to satisfy your tropical thirst -- for the other stuff, check a dating service.

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How To Make a Frozen Margarita

Thanks to those pre-mixed drinks pumped out of machines at Mexican restaurant chains, the frozen margarita has gained a reputation as the Slurpee of cocktails. But the real thing will have you singing along with the mariachi band in no…

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How To Make Traditional Sangria

When it comes to powerful punches, sangria—which takes its name from the Spanish word for "blood"—packs a truly wicked wallop. But don't take our word for it; mix up a batch and let the fiesta begin.

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How To Make a Bellini

Invented in 1948 at Harry's Bar in Venice, the Bellini's name honors the sheer pink shades in the work of Italian painter Giovanni Bellini. It's also a great drink to celebrate slightly lesser art forms—like, say, brunch.

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How To Make a Margarita

A Dallas socialite named Margarita claimed to have invented this tequila-based favorite back in 1948, although anecdotal evidence suggests the drink was born south of the border. Wherever the seed was planted, the Margarita has blossomed into a global phenomenon.

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How To Make a Skinny Margarita

Love margaritas -- but not the calories? Slim them down without sacrificing taste.

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How To Make a Frozen Daiquiri

The original daiquiri, a lime-and-rum drink invented in Cuba in the late 1800s, is named after a beach near the city of Santiago. Ah, what those sun-baked bathers would have given for this frosty version of the Cuban classic!

Blender Drinks from jbfunk05

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How To Make a Lean, Mean Mojito

Don’t pass up on this festive favorite because of the calories; just mix yourself a lighter version.

Mixed Drinks from rsansivero

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How To Make White Wine Sangria

Sangria is always a fruity and refreshing drink, especially in summertime. But on those relentless, sweltering "dog days," white wine sangria beckons like a cool swimming pool.

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How To Make a Frozen Sex on the Beach

This icy-cold fruit concoction is also known as a Sex on the Beach in the Winter—which, as any Arctic-dwelling individual will tell you, is easier said than done.

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How To Make a Frozen Banana Daiquiri

The average American consumes 27 pounds of bananas every year. If you're not getting your fair share, try this classic drink—you'll catch up in no time.

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How To Make a Hurricane

Hang on to your hat! This hurricane will bowl you over -- in a good way.

Mixed Drinks from rsansivero

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How To Make a Vodka Melon

Why just have a vodka tonic when you can have a vodka melon?

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How To Make a Jamaican Milkshake

What makes a milkshake Jamaican? Why don't "ja-make" one and find out?

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How To Make a Caipirinha

The national drink of Brazil, the caipirinha is the perfect partner on a sultry summer night.

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How To Make a Bahama Mama

The next best thing to being on a Caribbean beach? The Bahama Mama cocktail, of course!

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How To Make a Low-Cal Piña Colada

Enjoy the creaminess of a piña colada without all the calories.

Mixed Drinks from rsansivero

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