Beverages
A drink can refresh, warm, or provide a sweet finish to a meal. This beverage collection includes tea, coffee, hot chocolate, smoothies, milk drinks, and cocktails, with both nonalcoholic and spirited choices. Browse by the temperature, texture, and flavor you have in mind, then choose a recipe for the moment you want to serve it.
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Bubble Tea
Bubble tea pairs a tea-based drink with the distinctive texture of tapioca pearls. This small collection focuses on preparing the drink and bringing its contrasting elements together.
Cocktails
Coffee liqueur, a tomato cooler, and spiked chocolate milk show several directions for a cocktail. These alcoholic drinks offer recipes with contrasting flavors, from savory refreshment to a richer sweet serving.
Coffee & Espresso
Coffee can be served over ice, combined with liqueur, or poured into an affogato. These coffee and espresso preparations bring bitterness, sweetness, and temperature into different balances.
Hot Chocolate & Warm Drinks
Hot chocolate ranges from an ancho-seasoned mix to champurrado and drinks made with Mexican chocolate. Warm milk, cocoa, and contrasting seasonings give this collection its variety of body and flavor.
Lemonades, Limeades & Refreshers
Strawberry, blueberry, cucumber, and mint offer different companions for citrus in these refreshing drinks. Lemonades, limeades, and coolers provide options when you want brightness in the glass.
Milk & Specialty Drinks
Golden milk, horchata, chocolate milk, and warm malted drinks bring different flavors to a milky base. This collection offers smooth drinks served with varying levels of sweetness and spice.
Milkshakes & Frozen Drinks
Mint, chocolate, pretzel, and cherry flavors take a cold milkshake in different directions. These frozen drinks put texture at the center, with recipes that range from simple blends to richer combinations.
Smoothies
Banana, peanut butter, chocolate, and other ingredients give these smoothies their flavor and body. Browse blended drinks for breakfast or another occasion, checking each recipe for its particular ingredients and serving size.
Tea
Tea offers room for both warm infusions and chilled drinks. Ginger with lemon and honey, mint tea, Thai iced tea, and bubble tea provide different approaches to aroma, sweetness, and serving temperature.
In this collection
Cucumber, Apple, and Mint Cooler
Each serving of this low-calorie smoothie offers a half-cup of vegetables, plus a little fruit. This refreshing sipper will soon be a favorite. Ingredients 1 cup chopped seeded…

Horchata
Inspired by the famous Mexican agua fresca, this is a drink you will want to have on hand this summer. Ingredients 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 3…
Go-Getter Green Smoothie
Be sure to try this smoothie in the summer when honeydew melon is at its peak. Garnish glasses with wheels of additional peeled, sliced kiwi fruit, if desired.…
How to Make a Smoothie
Check out the How to Make a Smoothie infographic below! And if you love this, you’ll love the Smoothie Recipes for Everything infographic!
Green Breakfast Smoothie
Have I sold you on this whole drink-a-bunch-of-veggies-for-breakfast thing yet? If I haven’t it’s probably because you’re thinking, “this can’t possibly taste good!” Right? Well actually it really…
Pina Colada Oat Breakfast Smoothies
Ingredients 2 cups diced pineapple (preferably fresh), chilled 1 1/2 cups coconut almond milk blend 1 cup cold water 1 (5.3 oz) coconut greek yogurt, such as Chobani…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Shake
Ingredients 2 large overripe bananas, peeled, sliced and frozen* 1 cup original almond milk (or more to thin as desired) 3/4 cup ice 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter…

Cinnamon Bun Breakfast Smoothie
Ingredients 1/2 frozen ripe banana 1/2 cup almond milk (original) 1/2 cup cold water 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more to taste 1/4 cup…
Peach & Oat Breakfast Smoothie
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups peeled and diced, frozen peaches 1 cup almond coconut milk blend or original almond milk 1 (5.3 oz) greek yogurt – mango, peach, strawberry…
