Drinks of the World, Page 3

Every drink here comes from a real culinary tradition somewhere on the map, from spiced chai and mango lassi to horchata, Thai iced tea, and the mojito. Here are 190 authentic recipes, each with its cultural story, ingredients, and step by step method.
190 recipes · showing 97 to 144
Karaa Fani (Maldivian Watermelon Drink)Malé, Maldives · easy · 45 minRipe watermelon diced into tiny cubes, not blended, and stirred into sweetened cold water, the classic Maldivian drink for breaking the fast in Ramadan.
Chai Zafran (Kuwaiti Saffron and Cardamom Tea)Kuwait City, Kuwait · easy · 13 minBlack tea steeped in water already boiled with crushed cardamom and saffron, golden, fragrant and sweetened to taste, the tea Kuwaitis pour after lunch.
Sobia (Hejazi Ramadan Barley Drink)Hejaz, Saudi Arabia · easy · 1 dayBarley and dry brown bread soaked in water for a day until lightly soured, then strained and sweetened with sugar, cardamom and cinnamon, the cold, off-white drink of Ramadan in Makkah and Jeddah.
Gahwa (Bahraini Arabic Coffee)Manama, Bahrain · easy · 25 minLightly roasted Arabic coffee simmered with cardamom, cloves and saffron, poured from a dallah into tiny cups, unsweetened, with dates.
Ellinikós Kafés (Greek Coffee)Attica (Athens), Greece · easy · 7 minFinely ground coffee simmered slowly in a briki until it rises in a rich foam, served unfiltered with the grounds settling below.
SangriaAndalusia, Spain · easy · 2 h 15 minRed wine steeped with citrus, fruit, and a splash of brandy, served cold over ice.
KompotMasovia (Warsaw), Poland · easy · 40 minFruit gently simmered into a lightly sweet drink, served warm in winter or cold in summer.
KvassMoscow, Russia · medium · 1 dayA lightly fermented, tangy-sweet drink made from dark rye bread, refreshing and barely alcoholic.
GinjinhaLisbon, Portugal · easy · 3 monthsA sweet Lisbon liqueur of sour cherries steeped in aguardente, sipped from tiny glasses.
Irish CoffeeMunster, Ireland · easy · 10 minHot, strong black coffee sweetened with brown sugar and laced with Irish whiskey, crowned with a cool layer of lightly whipped cream that you drink the coffee through.
Kir (Blanc-Cassis)Burgundy, France · easy · 2 minThe aperitif of Dijon: well-chilled Bourgogne Aligoté white wine blushed deep pink with a measure of crème de cassis, the blackcurrant liqueur of Burgundy.
LimoncelloCampania, Italy · easy · 3 weeksThe lemon liqueur of the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento: the zest of unwaxed lemons steeped in pure alcohol, sweetened with a light syrup and served ice cold after dinner.
Glühwein (German Mulled Wine)Bavaria (Munich), Germany · easy · 55 minRed wine gently heated with orange, lemon zest, cinnamon, cloves and star anise and a little sugar, never boiled, and served steaming in mugs as at every German Christmas market.
Hot ToddyScotland (Moray Coast), United Kingdom · easy · 6 minScotch whisky stirred with honey and fresh lemon juice, topped up with just-boiled water and scented with cloves: Scotland's warming nightcap and old-fashioned cure for a winter cold.
Advocaat (Dutch Egg Liqueur)Gelderland, Netherlands · medium · 2 h 35 minEgg yolks, sugar, vanilla and brandy whisked over a water bath into a thick, glossy yellow liqueur, eaten from a small glass with a teaspoon under a cap of whipped cream.
Black RussianFlanders, Belgium · easy · 3 minVodka and dark coffee liqueur stirred over ice in a short glass: the cocktail a Brussels barman created in 1949 at the Hotel Metropole.
Kafi Fertig (Swiss Schnapps Coffee)Bern, Switzerland · easy · 8 minWeak, sweet black coffee in a glass, spiked with Swiss fruit brandy: the country inn and farmhouse warmer of German-speaking Switzerland, also called Kafi Luz.
Einspänner (Viennese Coffee with Whipped Cream)Vienna, Austria · easy · 8 minA double Viennese Mokka poured into a handled glass and crowned with a tall dome of softly whipped Schlagobers, dusted with icing sugar and sipped hot through the cold cream.
Glögg (Swedish Mulled Wine)Skåne, Sweden · easy · 55 minRed wine gently heated with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and orange peel, sweetened and served hot in small cups over raisins and blanched almonds.
Rabarbrasaft (Norwegian Rhubarb Cordial)Vestland (Bergen), Norway · easy · 1 h 5 minEarly summer rhubarb simmered to threads, strained clear and sweetened into a pink saft to dilute with cold still or sparkling water.
Sima (Finnish May Day Lemon Mead)North Karelia, Finland · easy · 2.5 daysA lightly fizzy, barely alcoholic Vappu drink of brown and white sugar, lemon and a pinch of yeast, bottled with raisins that rise when it is ready.
Hyldeblomstsaft (Danish Elderflower Cordial)Zealand (Copenhagen), Denmark · easy · 3 daysFresh elderflower heads steeped for three days in lemon syrup, strained into a fragrant cordial that turns cold water into the taste of a Danish June.
Heitt Súkkulaði (Icelandic Hot Chocolate)Reykjavík, Iceland · easy · 25 minA block of dark cooking chocolate melted in hot water, then stretched with milk and brought to the boil, served in mugs under a heap of whipped cream.
Karstais Balzams (Hot Black Balsam with Blackcurrant)Riga, Latvia · easy · 15 minBlackcurrant juice warmed with cloves and mandarin, spiked with dark, bittersweet Riga Black Balsam and served steaming in mugs.
Krupnikas (Lithuanian Honey Spice Liqueur)Vilnius, Lithuania · easy · 12 h 35 minHoney and warm spices simmered in water, then mixed with vodka and left to infuse into an amber liqueur, sipped warm on winter nights.
Beton (Becherovka and Tonic)Bohemia, Czechia · easy · 3 minBecherovka, the spiced herbal liqueur of Karlovy Vary, topped with tonic over ice and finished with a slice of lemon.
Hriatô (Slovak Hot Caramel Brandy with Bacon)Bratislava, Slovakia · medium · 40 minSugar cooked to golden caramel and dissolved in hot plum brandy or vodka, poured into small cups with a spoonful of crisp smoked bacon.
Fröccs (Hungarian Wine Spritzer)Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary · easy · 2 minCold, crisp Hungarian white wine lengthened with fresh soda water in named ratios, from the even kisfröccs to the long hosszúlépés.
Uzvar (Ukrainian Smoked Dried Fruit Drink)Poltava, Ukraine · easy · 4 h 35 minDried pears, apples and smoky prunes brought just to a simmer, then left to steep for hours and sweetened with honey, the drink of the Ukrainian Christmas Eve table.
Biarozavik (Belarusian Fermented Birch Sap)Minsk, Belarus · easy · 4 daysSpring birch sap lightly sweetened and fermented with a handful of raisins into a pale, tangy, gently fizzy drink.
Izvar (Moldovan Hot Wine with Honey and Black Pepper)Chișinău, Moldova · easy · 20 minRed wine gently warmed with cinnamon, black peppercorns, apple and lemon, sweetened with honey and served hot before it ever boils.
Socată (Romanian Fermented Elderflower Drink)Transylvania, Romania · easy · 2 daysElderflowers, lemon and sugar left in a jar in the sun for a few days to ferment into a lightly sparkling, floral summer drink.
Bosanska Kafa (Bosnian Coffee)Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina · easy · 7 minFlour-fine coffee stirred into water that has already boiled in a copper džezva, raised to a foam and served in a fildžan with a sugar cube, a glass of water and a piece of rahat lokum.
Šumadijski Čaj (Serbian Hot Rakija)Šumadija (Belgrade), Serbia · easy · 15 minPlum rakija heated with caramelised sugar and water into a sweet, amber winter warmer, served piping hot in small thick glasses.
Orahovac (Croatian Green Walnut Liqueur)Dalmatia, Croatia · easy · 6 weeksYoung green walnuts, sugar and spice steeped in rakija on a sunny windowsill for forty days until the liqueur turns black, sweet and bittersweet.
Borovničke (Slovenian Bilberry Liqueur)Ljubljana, Slovenia · easy · 2 weeksWild forest bilberries layered with sugar and steeped in homemade fruit spirit until the liqueur turns deep purple, sweet and fruity.
Boza (Bulgarian Millet Boza)Sofia, Bulgaria · medium · 2 daysToasted millet flour cooked with dark sugar and fermented with a sourdough-style starter into a thick, sweet-tart, caramel-brown drink, eaten with banitsa for breakfast.
Çaj Mali (Albanian Mountain Tea)Tirana, Albania · easy · 12 minDried stems and flowers of wild Sideritis simmered into a golden, gently herbal tea, sweetened with honey and a squeeze of lemon after dinner.
Çaj Rusi (Kosovar Black Tea)Pristina, Kosovo · easy · 30 minBlack tea brewed strong in a small pot stacked on a kettle of boiling water, then poured a third tea to two thirds hot water into tulip glasses with sugar cubes or lemon.
Imbuljuta tal-Qastan (Maltese Chestnut and Cocoa Drink)Valletta, Malta · easy · 13 h 20 minDried chestnuts simmered for an hour with cocoa, sugar, cloves, cinnamon and mandarin peel into a thick, spiced hot drink for Christmas Eve.
Cypriot Brandy SourNicosia, Cyprus · easy · 5 minCypriot brandy, lemon cordial and a few drops of Angostura bitters, topped with soda over ice in a tall sugar-rimmed glass: the island's unofficial national cocktail.
HorchataJalisco, Mexico · easy · 4 h 15 minA cooling, cinnamon-scented drink of blended rice and almonds, enriched with milk and served over ice.
CaipirinhaRio de Janeiro, Brazil · easy · 5 minBrazil's national cocktail: cachaça muddled with fresh lime and sugar over ice.
MojitoHavana, Cuba · easy · 5 minHavana's classic highball: white rum, lime, sugar, and muddled mint topped with soda.
Yerba MateMendoza, Argentina · easy · 10 minThe shared, grassy herbal tea of the Southern Cone, sipped through a metal straw from a gourd.
Pisco SourLima, Peru · medium · 5 minPeru's national cocktail: pisco shaken with lime, syrup, and egg white to a silky foam, dashed with bitters.
Sorrel DrinkKingston (Surrey), Jamaica · easy · 4 h 25 minA spiced, ruby-red hibiscus drink steeped with ginger and cloves, Jamaica's taste of Christmas.
AguapanelaBogotá, Colombia · easy · 15 minColombia's everyday cane drink: blocks of raw panela dissolved in water, drunk hot with lime as a cold remedy or iced on a hot day.
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