http://www.thekitchn.com/make-a-summer-drink-keg-out-of-a-watermelon-173269 11 months ago

I’m making some right now!
(but I’m not following this recipe)

“Homemade Kefir”
Cook Time: 18 hours

Total Time: 18 hours

Yield: 4 cups

_{Ingredients
4 cups sheep’s milk or cow’s milk (whole)
1 5-gram package kefir starter culture or 2 cups of kefir (starter culture can be found online or at health food stores)
Instructions
Heat the milk in a sauce pan until the surface just begins to foam, stirring often so that it doesn’t scald.
Remove from the heat and let cool to below 117 degrees F.
In a bowl, combine the starter culture with 1 cup of the milk and whisk together. Then whisk in the remaining milk.
Lade the mixture into glass jars with sealable lids. Seal the lids loosely, not air tight.
Place the jar on a mantle or another ledge of your choosing and watch the change slowly begin to happen. Time and temperature affect thickness and flavor of kefir. In warmer temperatures it may be ready to drink in 18 hours, in cooler temperatures it will take longer. Left too long at room temperature it will turn cheesy and sour, so finding the right amount of time is key. It should be creamy, like a drinkable yogurt, thicker than milk, with a sour perfume. Shake it well and refrigerate it once it has reached this pivotal state to slow down the culture. It can be store in the refrigerator for 12 months, and longer in the freezer.}11 months ago

Nice success, everyone! It’s making me thirsty…. 11 months ago

Summer drink avatar time collides with the Summer Solstice Avatar week (starts the 20th).

Maybe I’ll find a way to join the Sun & a drink! 11 months ago

It’s time for some Cranberry with Lime!

Makes two 8 oz. servings.

1 c. light cranberry juice
1 c. seltzer water or green tea
4 tsp. freshly squeezed lime juice
4 lime slices
Ice cubes

• Pour ingredients over a tall, ice-cube-filled glass, garnish with lime slices and enjoy. 11 months ago

I’m boiling the water right now. 11 months ago

online, then promptly lost it again before I could gather the recipe for what it actually was! Alas, I found it again! It is a cocktail formulated for Cointreau by the inimitable Dita Von Teese*! (But of course!) Recipe:

“Cointreau Teese”

4 cl (1 1/2oz) Cointreau
2 cl (3/4oz) Apple juice
1,5 cl (1/2oz) Monin violet syrup
1,5 cl (1/2oz) Fresh lemon juice

Frost ginger around the rim of the glass

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dita_Von_Teese

If you go to the Cointreau website theres more, but you have to be 21 to enter; the combination of a burlesque dancer and liquor, I guess…....

(Thx to SeasonsofLove/Rewrite Me for help with the photo!) 11 months ago

I was reminded of some personality flaws that I need to work on. Big time. So, in honor of that, I asked Google images to pour me something STRONG!!

Here’s what I got

_{Caipirinha
If there is one thing that represents well the Brazilian soul and culture, this thing is our most known drink: caipirinha! There is nothing really special in the recipe of this drink to make it so unique. You just need sugar, lemons, and cachaça and mix them, pressing all the ingredients with a wooden bat in a common glass or improvising somehow with clean hands.}

_{It feels right to have a drink that’s mixed using a wooden bat!!!BH2}11 months ago

Watermelon-Lime Agua Fresca
serves 4 (fills one blender)

2 pounds seedless watermelon (1/8th of a good-size watermelon)
1 cup cold water
2 teaspoons lime juice
1 tablespoon simple syrup or agave nectar

Honeydew-Basil Agua Fresca
serves 4

1 honeydew
2 cups cold water
4 teaspoons lime juice
2 tablespoons basil-infused simple syrup or agave nectar

_{For the simple syrup: Mix 1/4 cup water with 1/4 cup sugar. Bring to boil over medium-low heat and simmer, without stirring, until all sugar is dissolved (about three minutes). Remove from heat, add 1 tablespoon chopped fresh herbs (I used lemon basil for its fantastic citrus scent, but you could also use regular basil or mint). Let steep for 15 minutes until flavor has infused the syrup.}

Blend all ingredients, adjusting sweetness as needed. Strain through a mesh strainer or cheesecloth (optional). Serve over ice.11 months ago

I drank these all weekend. Yum Yum! 11 months ago

Ginger ale in my favorite, summery mug. 11 months ago

Country Time Lemonade is my summertime inspiration. (Or, to be more specific, Country Time Lemonade commercials) If I could, I’d live each day from June through September napping in hammocks, elegantly jumping into lakes, and swinging dreamily on tire swings. The funny thing is, I don’t really like lemonade. Country Time’s marketing is just THAT powerful. I buy powered lemonade (I don’t drink sugary drinks anymore, so I get a diet knockoff lemonade) every single summer and I dream of a simpler time as I sip it. Ridiculous? Yes. But it makes me happy, dammit! (The Guinness glass also makes me happy ;) 11 months ago