Something to keep in mind during the hot summer daysDon't miss ice creamis of course a refreshing summer drink. Whether with sparkling carbon dioxide, with aromatic syrup, with or without alcohol - cooling drinks allow us to really enjoy the summer and ensure a good mood both in a cozy atmosphere as well as at a summer party with friends and family. Are you now in the mood for a few recipes that will pamper your taste buds? Then try out one of our ideas today that will allow you to make delicious summer drinks yourself.
Make your own summer drinks with peaches and raspberries
Peaches and raspberries – two delicious fruits that simply shouldn’t be missing in summer. Whether in muesli,filling porridgeor fruit salad, they simply make every breakfast and every snack a real culinary delight. Of course, this is no different with drinks. That's why we'll show you how you can use them to make wonderful refreshing drinks for the summer:
For the fruit puree:
- 4 fresh peaches, diced
- 120g raspberries
- 300 ml water
For the syrup:
- 100g sugar
- 120ml water
For the lemonade (8 drinks):
- 1.7 liters of cold water
- Juice of about 4 lemons
- Ice cubes
- optional for garnish: raspberries, peach slices, mint sprigs
Puree the ingredients for the fruit puree in a blender. Sieve the puree through a fine sieve and collect the juice in a bowl. The seeds and skin of the fruit should remain in the sieve. Help with a spoon. Set the bowl aside. To make the syrup, heat the water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat and cook the liquid until the sugar dissolves and the consistency of syrup is formed, about 3 minutes. Then let the syrup cool down a bit.
In the meantimeprepare the lemonadeby mixing water, lemon juice and ice cubes in a jug. Now stir in the syrup and fruit puree and keep the finished lemonade cold in the refrigerator until serving. You can then garnish any summer drink with fruit and mint.
Lemonade with rhubarb syrup
Rhubarb is incredibly delicious in a cake, no question about it. But even if you have aRefreshing drink in summerIf you want to make your own, this vegetable is ideal. The basis is a delicious syrup that you can easily prepare yourself. This is how you can make the summer drinks yourself that you see in the picture above:
For the syrup:
- 400g rhubarb, sliced
- 200g sugar
- 240ml water
For the rhubarb lemonade (6 drinks):
- Rhubarber-Syrup
- 120 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1.5 liters of cold water
- Ice cubes
First, prepare the syrup by bringing rhubarb, sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Then turn the heat down to low and simmer for about 20 to 25 minutes, until the rhubarb is soft. Then strain the liquid through a fine sieve into a bowl. Press the syrup through the sieve with the back of a spoon to help a little. Chill the syrup in the refrigerator.
Then you can use the lemonade fordelicious rhubarbMake your own summer drinks by mixing syrup, lemon juice and water in a jug. Just before serving, add some ice cubes.
Anyone who likes the fresh taste of mint andNon-alcoholic summer drinksIf you want to prepare something, you can make delicious syrup and then use it to make the perfect summer drinks yourself. We'll show you how to make this syrup and how to use it to make a refreshing lemonade.
For the mint syrup:
- 240ml water
- 200g sugar
- 40 g mint leaves, chopped or coarsely chopped
For the lemonade (1 drink):
- 85 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 45 ml mint syrup
- Seltzer
- fresh mint leaves for garnish
To make the syrup, heat the water and sugar and cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the chopped mint leaves. Let everything steep for about 15 minutes, then strain the syrup to remove the leaves. You can then pour the cooled syrup into jars and store it in the refrigerator for up to a month.
To make the lemonade, first mix the specified amount of mint syrup with the lemon juice in a glass and fill it with seltzer (approx. 30 ml, depending on the glass). Garnish with mint leaves and serve the finished summer drink.
Blackberry mojito with rum
Would you like this variant for a delicious and fruityMojito for summer drinksTo make it yourself, you first have to make blackberry syrup yourself. You can now find out how this works and how you can then use it to make the ultimate summer cocktail yourself:
For the blackberry syrup:
- 240ml water
- 200g sugar
- 225g blackberries
For the Mojito (1 drink):
- 3-4 fresh mint leaves, chopped
- 40 – 55 ml Brombeersirup
- 14 ml freshly squeezed lime juice
- 40 ml white rum
- 55 ml seltzer
- optional for garnish: mint leaves, lime slices, fresh blackberries
Bring the blackberries, sugar and water to the boil in a saucepan over medium heat and then simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and mash the blackberries with a potato masher. Allow the syrup to cool for 10 to 15 minutes, then strain it through a fine sieve into a bowl. Squeeze the mixture with a spoon to get as much juice as possible. You can discard the pulp. You can now store the syrup in a sealed container in the refrigerator for about 3 weeks.
Put the mint leaves, blackberry syrup, lime juice, rum and ice cubes in a glass and mix everything together well. Top with seltzer and garnish with lime slices, blackberries, and mint leaves, if desired.
Summer drinks with Prosecco and strawberries
Fizzy summer drinks are a real hit in 2020 because the carbon dioxide is just as refreshing as the cold temperature of the drinks. How about making cold drinks yourself in the summer with a splash of alcohol to end the evening comfortably? This is how you can make your own summer drinksHe sends Prosecco:
For 6-8 people:
- 750 ml Prosecco
- 450g strawberries
- 50g sugar
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Puree the strawberries together with the sugar and lemon juice in a blender. Then sieve the puree through a fine sieve into a jug. You can discard the pulp and seeds. Add the Prosecco.
Tipp:You can also make this refreshing drink with any other fruit puree. For example, blackberries or raspberries are also very suitable. Just experiment.
Make your own summer drinks with blackcurrants and sparkling wine
The blackcurrant is known for its strong aroma, which is perfect for juices and other drinks. But syrup can also be wonderfully made from these fruits. Below we have a recipe for a fruity aperitifwith sparkling wineas well as for a cassis syrup.
For 2 glasses:
- 250 ml Cassis-Muttersaft
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 3 sprigs of rosemary
- 300 ml dry, chilled sparkling wine
If you would like to make this delicious version of summer drinks yourself, you first have to make the cassis syrup yourself. Bring the juice and sugar to the boil in a saucepan and simmer over low heat until the sugar has completely dissolved. Add the rosemary sprigs and cook for another 15 minutes. Then fill the resulting cassis syrup into single cube molds (approx. 12 ice cubes) and freeze it overnight after it has cooled.
Pour 150 ml of sparkling wine into two glasses and then add one or two cassis ice cubes. If you wish, you can decorate each glass with a sprig of rosemary. The summer drink is ready to serve!
Make your own delicious drinks for the summer – honeydew melon, cucumber and gin
Another idea forDrinks with alcoholis this recipe with honeydew melon, cucumber and gin. After all, no summer should be without honeydew melon! If you would like to make such summer drinks yourself and treat friends and family to them, first prepare a honeydew melon syrup and then the cocktail as follows:
For the honeydew melon syrup:
- 230ml water
- 200g sugar
- 320 g cantaloupe (buttermelon), cut into pieces
For a drink:
- 55 ml honeydew melon syrup
- 40 ml Gin
- 30 ml seltzer
- Melon pieces or balls
- Cucumber slices
- Ice cubes
- fresh mint leaves
In a small saucepan, heat the water and sugar and cook for about 30 seconds. Remove the pot from the heat and allow the syrup to cool. Then puree the melon pieces together with the syrup in a blender. Add ice and mint leaves, gin and syrup to a cocktail mixing bowl and shake for about 30 seconds. Givea few ice cubes, melon balls and cucumber slices into a large glass and then pour the drink from the mixing cup into it. Fill the glass with seltzer, stir and serve the finished drink!
Iced tea with peach syrup
ThatPeaches are wonderful summer fruitswe have already mentioned. That's why we would like to offer you another recipe with which you can make iced tea yourself for excellent summer drinks. This time you use, among other things, homemade peach syrup. You should prepare the iced tea the day before serving.
For the peach syrup:
- 2 peaches
- 200 g caster sugar (or regular)
- 230ml water
For 8 drinks:
- 2 peaches
- 1.5 liters of cold water
- 2 tsp green tea leaves
Beginwith the iced tea: Slice the peaches and place them in a large mason jar or other container with the water. Put the tea leaves in a tea strainer and hang it in the peach water. Let the tea leaves steep in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours. Then remove them.
Then prepare the syrup by roughly dicing the peaches and bringing them to the boil in a saucepan with the water and sugar. Let the syrup simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes. In between, you can mash the peaches a little so that they release more juice. Remove the pot from the heat and allow the syrup to cool, then separate it from the pulp using a fine sieve. The finished peach syrup can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a month.
To finish the iced tea, simply add a tablespoon of syrup to each glass and top with iced tea. It's that easy to make homemade iced tea for delicious summer drinks!
Non-alcoholic and sugar-free summer drinks for children with watermelon
Would you like to make your own drinks?for childrenAll of our recipes are well suited without alcohol. However, if you would rather make drinks for children yourself without sugar, you can also choose the following recipe. So if you would like to make your own non-alcoholic summer drinks, you will need:
For 4 drinks:
- 900 g watermelon, diced
- 180ml water
- 4 thin lime slices for garnish
- Mint sprigs for garnish
- Ice cubes
So that you can make the summer drinks yourself, puree the watermelon with the water in a blender and then you can serve the drink and garnish with lime slices and mint if you like. If the fruit is not sweet enough, you can also use honey to sweeten it. Simply taste the drink until you reach the desired sweetness.
