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DIY Tonic Water
If you're unhappy with the flavor of commercial tonics and like to geek out in the kitchen, DIY tonic is a lot of fun. This basic recipe goes well with gin and is a great starting point for playing with your own unique herb and spice combinations.
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The Best Michelada
Add as much (or as little) lime and hot sauce to this light, savory beer drink as you want.
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This cucumber water recipe uses a simple and reliable technique that works well with a range of refreshing flavor combinations.
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The Best Iced Tea (Cold-Brewed Iced Tea)
Cold-brewed iced tea is naturally sweet, clean-tasting, and refreshing.
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The Best Bloody Mary
How to make the best bloody Mary? Skip the mix and doctor up your tomato juice from scratch with horseradish, Worcestershire, and hot sauce.
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Water Kefir from 'Mastering Fermentation'
Milk kefir is a pretty common sight in the dairy aisle these days—or at least it is in California. Much more mysterious is its lactose-free cousin, water kefir. Both drinks are fermented with similar SCOBYs (symbiotic colonies of bacteria and yeast), but milk kefir grains feed on the natural sugars in the milk while water kefir needs additional sugar or fruit juice to get going. Mary Karlin provides recipes for both in her new cookbook, Mastering Fermentatio. Today, we're trying our hand at the ...
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Ultra-Flavorful Fresh Lemonade
This fresh lemonade gets the maximum flavor out of just two ingredients (three if you count water).
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Strawberry Lemonade
For the most refreshing and flavorful strawberry lemonade, macerate your fruit and lemon zest.
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Ultra-Flavorful Fresh Limeade
With only two ingredients (three if you count water), this limeade couldn't be any simpler. This method harnesses the power of citric acid to dissolve sugar without heat, while capturing the intense flavor of the limes' essential oils. The result: a limeade with more lime flavor than one made with just juice and sugar.
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Water makes up so much of what we eat and drink—why not obsess a little bit over getting the best-tasting water possible?
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