Our Favourite Summer Drinks With No-Alcohol

The summer is the time to sit back in your garden, a park, on your balcony, and just enjoy a nice refreshing drink in the company of good friends.

But if you have stopped drinking alcohol, or you are newly sober curious and experimenting with mindful drinking, it can be hard to know what to drink. The good news is that there are hundreds of different alcohol-free spirits now available, meaning you can make pretty much any easy summer cocktail completely alcohol-free.

So here are some delicious and refreshing, easy alcohol-free cocktails to enjoy in the summer sun.

1.Lychee Gin Spritz

Lychee is always associated with warm weather, sunshine and tropical vibes. Everything you want to channel on a warm summer's day. So this lychee gin spritz is the ideal summery, refreshing cocktail.

Ingredients

• A handful of lychees

• 1 shot of alcohol-free pink gin - Lyre’s

• Sparkling - Noughty or Bemuse’s Brut

• Mint

Method

1. Add the lychees and mint to a blender and turn into a puree.

2. Add ice, the puree and alcohol-free pink gin to a glass and mix.

3. Top the glass with sparkling water and garnish with mint.

   2.Raspberry Mojito 

A Mojito is the perfect refreshing drink for a sunny day. And this mojito adds a sweet summer twist to the classic mojito. Raspberries add a sweet yet tart punch to the mojito making it a delicious drink to bring to summer BBQs or parties.

Ingredients

For one drink

• Six raspberries

• Half a lime

• 1 tsp sugar

• A handful of mint leaves

• Two shots of alcohol-free rum - Marie Laveau, MYTH Coconut Rum (tropical twist), MYTH Spiced Rum (for a dark rum twist.)

• Sparkling water

Method

1. Add the raspberries, lime and sugar to the bottom of a glass. Muddle these together so that the fruit start releasing their juices.

2. Bruise the mint leaves by rolling them gently in your hands so that the minty flavour starts to come out. Add these to the glass.

3. Add ice to your glass, then pour in a shot of alcohol-free rum.

4. Top the glass with sparkling water and garnish with mint and raspberry.

   3.Tequila Sunrise

This is one of the most famous cocktails and is available all around the world. So why should you have to miss out on this summer classic just because you don’t drink alcohol? Well, the secret is you don’t have to miss out!

Ingredients

• 1 shot alcohol-free tequila-style drink

• 60 ml orange juice

• 10 ml grenadine syrup

Method

1. Add your alcohol-free tequila to the glass.

2. Top the glass with orange juice.

3. Add the grenadine to the middle of the glass. Due to its higher density, it will slowly sink to the bottom, creating the sunrise effect in the drink.

4. To finish it nicely, garnish with some red berries or an orange slice. And there you have a perfect alcohol-free summer cocktail.

4. Watermelon Daiquiri

Daiquiri’s got a bad rep for some years as they were seen as overly sugary, slushies. Kind of like the adult version of a slush puppy. But this alcohol-free watermelon daiquiri makes for a tasty alcohol-free drink to cool you down in the summer.

Ingredients

• Two shots of alcohol-free white rum

• One shot of alcohol-free watermelon liqueur. If you cannot find this use a shot of gin.

• Juice of one small lime (around 10 ml)

• 100g sliced watermelon

Method

1. Add all your ingredients to a blender with ice. Make sure it is a blender that can handle ice. Then blend it until it is just about smooth.

2. Fill a tall glass with ice and pour your blended daiquiri over the ice.

3. Garnish with a slice of watermelon and enjoy.

5. Piña Colada

This cocktail is tropical flavour in a glass and makes the perfect summery alcohol-free cocktail. Sit back, sip your alcohol-free Piña Colada and start humming the song too. For an added twist, turn this into a slushy by freezing the pineapple juice first.

Ingredients

• 2 shots of alcohol-free white rum

• 2 shots of coconut cream

• 125 ml pineapple juice

Method

1. Add all your ingredients to a blender with some ice. For a colder, slushie-style drink freeze your pineapple juice first.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with a slice of pineapple and an umbrella!

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Each alcohol-free subscription box contains the ingredients to make a range of different cocktails to pair with the full-sized alcohol-free spirit you receive. You will also get a range of ready-to-drink alcohol-free drinks, and some tasty snacks too!

So what are you waiting for? Dive into the world of alcohol-free drinks with a new box each month of tasty treats to try. With a JOMO subscription, you will really find the joy of missing out!