6 refreshing (and non-alcoholic) drinks to quench your thirst

You have to be honest: Sometimes water doesn’t quench your thirst! When it’s time to freshen up, you really want it drink those good refreshing drinks. The first thought, obviously, goes to the different drinks, those that bring us together around the table and invite everyone to have fun!
To enjoy this moment with the whole family, investing in refreshing soft drinks is the best idea. Furthermore, the list of ingredients is cheaper and the drinks can be enjoyed at any time. So, check out 6 delicious suggestions to try today:

Pink lemonade

Pink lemonade – Photo: Shutterstock

Preparation time

: 5 minutes

Performance

: 1 serving

Difficulty level

: easy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (tea) water
• 5 tablespoons of juice blueberry
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• Sugar and ice to taste
• Lemon slices for garnish (optional)

Preparation method:

1. In a tall glass, mix the water and lemon juice and blueberry.
2. Sweeten with as much sugar as you like.
3. Add ice and then, if desired, lemon slices to serve later.

Iced peach tea

Iced peach tea – Photo: Shutterstock
Preparation time

: 20min (+1h30 in the fridge)

Performance

: 4 servings

Difficulty level

: easy

Ingredients:

• 4 bags of black tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 2 ripe peaches
• 3 tablespoons sugar (optional)
• Ice to taste

Preparation method:

1. In a kettle over medium heat, heat the water until it boils.
2. Turn off the heat and add the sachets to infuse for about 6 minutes.
3. If desired, add sugar.
4. In the meantime, peel and chop the peaches.
5. For the peach puree, blend the pieces in a blender or cut and mash them well.
6. Add the puree to the black tea and refrigerate for about 1h30 before serving over ice.

bubble tea

Traditional bubble tea – Photo: Shutterstock
Preparation time:

20 minutes

Performance:

2 units

Difficulty level:

easy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of sago coffee
• 2 tea bags of your choice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• Water to cook the sago

Preparation method:

1. In a pan, add the sago and water in the quantity recommended on the package.
2. Let the sago cook until the grains are soft.
3. Filter and reserve the sago for about two hours.
4. Bring the cooking water to the boil over high heat.
5. Turn off the heat and add the tea bags of your choice.
6. Cover the pan and wait 10 minutes for the tea to begin to color and taste like water.
7. After the resting period, add the sago to the tea water.
8. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
9. Stir in the honey.
10. Then add it to your iced tea.

Tip:

You can choose teas with the flavors you prefer to give color to the drink and you can also add milk if you like the tea-milk combination!

ginger beer

Check out this delicious ginger ale recipe – Photo: Shutterstock
Preparation time:

30 minutes

Performance:

4 servings

Difficulty level:

easy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh ginger, peeled and grated (if you want to add chopped ginger, you can too)
• 130 g of sugar
• 500ml filtered water
• sparkling water
• 1 lemon juice
• the juice of 1 lime (or you can replace it with the juice and zest of 1 lemon)
• mint or mint leaves (optional)

Preparation method:

1. In a pan, boil the grated ginger (or chopped ginger), the sugar and the filtered water.
2. Continue stirring until all the sugar has dissolved and the liquid has concentrated to the appearance of a “syrup”. The time can vary from 15 to 30 minutes.
3. Then remove from the heat and leave to rest until it cools.
4. Once cold, pass this mixture through a sieve to remove the pieces of ginger, as we will only need the liquid part.
5. In a glass with ice, fill about 1/4 of the glass with syrup and top up the remainder with carbonated water.
6. The measurement will be 1 part syrup to 3 parts sparkling water.
7. Finally, add the lemon juice, lime juice and a few mint leaves to garnish and give a light flavour.
8. Now just mix everything together and enjoy the drink

Terere

Terere – Photo: Shutterstock
Preparation time:

20 minutes

Performance:

1 serving

Difficulty level:

easy

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup yerba mate per tereré (about 1 cup of tea)
• Enough cold water to make tea
• Ice to taste

Preparation method:

1. Start by placing the mate in the gourd. Attention: this amount should reach the narrow part, but not fill it completely.
2. To pile the herb on only one side, tilt the pumpkin at 45º, covering the “mouth” with your hand.
3. Place the bomb, covering the top end of the straw with one finger and placing the other on the side of the pumpkin.
4. Then fill the pumpkin with ice. Tip: To liven up your tereré, add lemon juice, honey, ginger or mint!
5. Pour the ice water to cover the yerba mate.
6. To mix the ingredients, move the pump from top to bottom.
7. Enjoy!

Swiss lemonade

Swiss lemonade to support Brazil – Photo: Stela Handa
Preparation time:

10 minutes

Performance:

2 servings

Difficulty level:

easy

Ingredients:

• 2 Tahitian lemons
• 500 ml of ice water
• 4 tablespoons of condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• Ice to taste

Preparation method:

1. Cut the lemons into 4 parts and remove the white parts.
2. Place in the blender, add the water, condensed milk, sugar and blend for 2 minutes.
3. Pass through a sieve, transfer into tall glasses, add ice.
4. If desired, decorate with lemon slices and serve Swiss lemonade.

Source: Terra

Ben

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