Proper thirst quenchers

[BigJanette]

Can you please tell me what is your favourite, really refreshing drinks, especially for hot weather?

I usually have tonic water, with a squeeze of lime but am thinking I may be missing out on something 😄

Not a fan of anything overly sweet.

I’m currently really enjoying bitter lemon. It needs to be really cold.

40% apple juice, 60% sparkling water, also very cold.

A shandy, I genuinely think it’s the most refreshing drink

dash water.

i stock up when its on special offer!

Lime and Sea Salt kombucha is great and not too sweet.

Fridge cold water put through the soda stream. Splash of Bottle Green Lime and Mint cordial.

I made up some iced tea - peach and sage herbal teabags steeped for a few minutes in boiling water and a little honey. Leave to go completely cold and have with plenty of ice and some lemon. I drank a litre of it on Saturday!

Infuse raspberries, mint leaves and sugar (to taste) in boiling water and let it cool down then keep it in the fridge.

A really ice cold can of Sprite is my go to thirst quencher.

A cider shandy is the perfect summer day drink in a nice beer garden

Home made lemonade. Really hits the spot.

And iced tea made with teabags , fresh mint, honey and and lemon. Don’t let the teabags and mint steep for too long but the lemon can stay in for ages.

Very cold water with squeezed lemon and ice cubes

Half and half apple juice and lemonade with plenty of ice. Husband and i love this on a warm summer evening with dinner outside.

Oooh. Who makes this please?

It is a You + I one, made in Glasgow.

@DeedlessIndeed wonderful, thank you. I’m in Scotland too so I’ll keep my eye out for it.

Love coconut water (I know that’s a bit marmite). I may be wrong but I think it has electrolytes and potassium naturally occurring and so is genuinely pretty good at hydrating you, without being full of sugar and/or chemicals. But second anything with a squeeze of lemon or lime being really refreshing.

I’ve also recently discovered Lucky Saint 0% lager with lime, salt and electrolytes (ok, it’s been on offer for a while on Ocado so they’re really pushing it). Again I guess because of the lime and pinch of salt, ice cold out of the fridge I find it v refreshing.

Oh, I was going to say water with a handful of ice in it but clearly I need to up my game 😂

I’m actually finding its fruit and cucumbers that do a better at the mo- grapes, pineapple, apples (cold from the fridge!!)

Well, water, but I have electrolyte tablets in at the gym which really seems to help.

Sometimes when I'm thirsty and I feel slightly run down or I'm getting a sore throat a pint of 50/50 juice and water is really the ticket.

Other drinks I like - Roses lime and soda, or Fever Tree Mexican lime and soda. Coke, cloudy lemonade, bitter lemon.

Nimbu soda - I had it in Nepal after a long trekking fortnight.

Nimbu Soda (Indian-Style Lime Soda) Recipe

Thanks all, there's a lot here for me to try!