10 Lemonade Recipes That’ll Make You Happy It’s 94 Degrees Out

Inspired by the sweet strawberries and abundant lemons in Sunset’s test garden, we created this lemonade for our backyard garden book, The One-Block Feast.

Limonana, or mint lemonade, the national drink of Israel, gets a Western spin in Mad about Meyer Lemons.

Chef Mai Pham of Star Ginger and Lemon Grass restaurants sure knows how to cool off (maybe it’s the Sacramento heat). In the Test Kitchen, we’ve been drinking her lemonade slushy—amped up with chile, mint, and lime—by the blenderful.

Get the simple steps to making delicious, fresh-squeezed lemonade—including the secret to making it pink the natural way.

Add flavor, color, and fragrance to this summer-inspired lemonade drink by choosing different varieties of basil—such as ‘African Blue’, ‘Cinnamon’, or ‘Pesto Perpetuo’. 

“My husband had this lemonade at a Brazilian restaurant and loved it so much, he asked for the recipe, which we’ve ‘perfected’ over time,” says reader Kelley Gee.

Go all-natural and serve a refreshing lemonade made from naturally-sweet mashed raspberries, lemon juice, and water. The sweet and tart combination will garner rave reviews. Add sugar to taste, and serve over ice.

As refreshing as lemonade but more nuanced, this spritzer includes an infusion of four herbs.

The Lavender Lemonade cocktail amplifies the light lemon flavor and compliments the chamomile and lavender notes, making it perfect for daytime sipping.

For these homemade lemon-drop cocktails, infuse lemonade with fresh rosemary and ginger and mix with citron vodka for a sweet-and-tart warm weather drink.