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During the summer, I love a lemonade with lots of ice. I also find an ice cold Corona Extra beer to be exceptionally thirst quenching. But, if I'm out, I go to Jamba Juice, and get a Peach Perfection. Delicious and refreshing!!!!

Lemonade all the way! If I'm not in the mood to make some myself I love Paul Newman's Virgin Lemonade....just the right amount of sweet & tart.

ice tea with lemonaide ice cubes

Hibiscus and seltzer! Cover 1 cup dried hibiscus flowers with 4 cups boiling water and let steep until cool. Strain and refrigerate. Splash some in a tall glass, sweeten if you like, top up with sparkling water.

Blueberry vodka lemonade with Stoli blueberry and Newman's Own lemonade, shaken and poured over ice. I had one of these at B-Side last summer and there's been no going back. I've tried other lemonade brands, but Newman's Own is the best.

A brand called Just Lemonade with seltzer - ice cold.

Pomegranit blood orange juice and seltzer ($1.95 at Sahadi's for a quart of the juice!).

Add vodka to either of these choices for a buzz-ola.

Rosé - at magic hour, on a city sidewalk, with a bowl of salty peanuts.

I love really cold Iced tea - unsweetend. I like to blend regular black tea w/ a flavor like peach or pomegranite when making sun tea. So good.

Passion Fruit Iced tea, made with Harney & Sons tea. Flavored Callistoga sparkling water is a close second, but I haven't been able to find it on the east coast.

I know it's summer when I see Ginger Lemonade appear on the shelves @ Trader Joe's. But if looking to do cocktails, nothing beats my own picky variation on a Moscow Mule: Equal parts Stewart's Ginger Beer [nice & spicy], Simply Limeade and dark Jamaican rum. Sometimes I like to add some fresh mint if it's handy, but either way, that and a good book, and I'm set for an evening on the porch.

Limeade. Never by itself (too sweet), but mixed with seltzer, green tea, or tequila (just add salt and a slice of lime for instant margarita).

Unfortunately the supermarkets around here have either stopped selling the frozen cans, or are only selling the tiny 6 oz ones. I think they're trying to pimp evil yucky margarita mix instead. Newman's Own, in the carton, is pretty good, though.

Green tea is also nice mixed with other juices. In paricular, if you can get rose-flavored green tea (or black tea for that matter), it is ever so delicious with blackberry or raspberry juice.

Ice cold unsweetened tea with extra lemon.

My mother's hibiscus-mint tea. She brews it in a massive blue stoneware teapot, then decants it to steep in a fluted glass pitched in the fridge. Stir in a tablespoon of sugar, add an ice cube if you want, and enjoy.

Alcoholic-- margaritas with a little salt, not too strong.

Iced tea or lemonade, but alcoholic would be a Coney Island Jen: pineapple juice, coconut rum, and ginger ale. Mix to taste.

Nice cold bottle of Coke (Mexican, natch) or a gin and tonic with Tanqueray, lots of lime and Whole Foods brand tonic.

Limeade concentrate and lime seltzer, and lots of ice.

Lemonada...
Gin and Fresca