Strawberry Sake Cocktail

One sip of this drink and there's no question what season it is—it's time to take advantage of as many strawberries as you can. This cocktail, with its sweet, refreshing flavor is the perfect way to enjoy one of summer's most iconic fruits.

DIY Melon Liqueur

The key to finding a melon-flavored liqueur that is not cloyingly sweet: make it at home.

Watermelon-Mint Shrub with Watermelon Spoom

Shrubs have been gaining in popularity lately. An old-timey way of preserving, they generally involve fruit, sugar and vinegar, and make quite a refreshing beverage if well-balanced.

Cucumber and Basil Slush

With temperatures rising into the 90s and above, everyone is looking for a way to cool off. One of my favorite ways is with an icy beverage known as the slush—a simple combination of ice and liquid in a blender. Since the temperature is dramatic, I figured even the slush needed to be taken up a notch by using the classic, cool flavor combination of cucumber and lime, brightened up with fresh basil leaves.

Watermelon White Negroni Slushie

Skip sugary frozen fruit drinks this summer, and try this chilly spin on the classic Negroni cocktail.

Melon (Filipino Cantaloupe Juice)

This deeply refreshing Filipino beverage, made from shredded ripe cantaloupe flesh, water, and sugar, is ready to beat even the stickiest tropical heat.

Shiso Fine

Cucumber and mint are common cocktail ingredients, but this one is a little more unusual thanks to the addition of delicate rice wine vinegar and shiso, a mint relative that's often used in Asian cuisines.

Melon-Mint Smoothie

This mellow breakfast smoothie brings together ripe cantaloupe with a squeeze of lime and a dollop of yogurt.

Watermelon Sorbet

Light, bright watermelon becomes a scoopable ice, with roasty, bittersweet cocoa nibs subbing for seeds.

Watermelon Limeade

Blending chunks of watermelon and giving it a quick strain through cheesecloth yields a sweet liquid that is a perfect foil for tart lime juice.