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Summer Cocktails

Every summer cocktail guide on the internet has the same twenty drinks. Aperol Spritz. Mojito. Margarita. Moscow Mule. A watermelon something. A frozen something else. By the time you finish scroll...

What Is Soda Water? A Complete Guide to the Cocktail Essential

Soda water goes into a vodka soda, a whiskey highball, a spritz, a mocktail. Most people pour it without a second thought and assume it is plain water with bubbles. It is more than that. Soda water...

Sarti Spritz: The Pink Italian Aperitivo Cocktail

The Sarti spritz is pink, fizzy, and garnished with an orange slice. It's lighter and more floral than an Aperol spritz, less bitter than Cappelletti, and considerably more approachable than Campar...

Lambrusco Spritz

Most spritzes are a summer drink. The Lambrusco spritz is not. Because it's built on sparkling red wine rather than white or rosé, it carries the dark fruit and earthy depth of a red wine into the ...

Italicus Spritz

If you know bergamot from Earl Grey tea, you already have a sense of what Italicus tastes like. Bright, floral, slightly bitter citrus. Easy to like, interesting enough to keep you paying attention...

Cappelletti Spritz

If you've been reaching for Aperol out of habit, Cappelletti is worth trying. It's a wine-based Italian aperitivo. Deep red, bitter, slightly earthy. The spritz it builds is darker and less sweet t...

Matcha Tonic Recipe

A matcha tonic is exactly what it sounds like: freshly whisked matcha poured over ice into a glass of cold tonic water. The matcha layers on top, the tonic floats beneath, and the visual alone is e...

Best Tonic Water

The best tonic water is the one that makes your specific drink better. That sounds obvious, but it rules out most of the advice you find online, which recommends tonic based on brand recognition ra...

Port and Tonic

In Portugal, you order a porto tonico the way Americans order a gin and tonic. It shows up on bar menus alongside wines and aperitifs. It is ordered before dinner, at the beach, at hotel bars, and ...

Botanical Tonic

A botanical tonic is a drink mixer made with real plant-based ingredients like herbs, roots, citrus peel, flowers, and bark, rather than artificial flavorings and high-fructose corn syrup. The word...