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Turns out there are plenty of ways to answer the question, “How do you take your coffee?” And we’re not talking about cocktails. Pour in some lemonade, top it with tonic, or mix it with Greek yogurt for a creamy and tangy afternoon delight. Here are some of our favorite spirit-free coffee drinks to mix up with cold brew, brewed coffee, or espresso.

Coffee Lemonade

Lemonade—bottled or fresh, with still or sparkling water—provides a crisp and delicately sweet balance to coffee.

El Tropi Brew

In this coffee drink from Café Comunión, cold-brew coffee meets lime, mint, and sparkling water. A refreshing anytime sipper.

The Emoji

A tropical coffee cocktail from Lost Lake in Chicago inspired this spirit-free mix of cold-brew, orgeat and passion fruit. 

Happy Camper

Be Bright Coffee’s cold-weather maple vanilla latte with a sprinkling of smoked sea salt will warm you to the core.

The High Road

Taking notes from the classic espresso and tonic, this fancy reinvention adds a little bump of spice from fresh ginger.

Lemongrass-Orange Iced Coffee

Play up the fruity notes of Vietnamese coffee with fragrant, gentle citrus in this lemongrass-orange iced coffee.

N/Agroni

This alcohol-free Negroni and Americano riff combines cold-brew coffee with an aperitif syrup, tonic syrup, lime juice and soda.

Onyx Coffee Old Fashioned

Cold-brew shines in this zero-proof Coffee Old Fashioned.

Orange Sweet Cream Cold-Brew

Orange sweet cream adds some extra sunshine to this cold-brew coffee drink.

Peachamom

A homemade peach-cardamom syrup adds fruit and spice flavors to this cold brew, which is then topped with foamed oat milk.

Vietnamese Egg Coffee (Cà Phê Trứng)

Chef and Đặc Biệt author Nini Nguyen’s Cà Phê Trứng, Vietnamese egg coffee, combines her Vietnamese culture with her hometown New Orleans with decadent results.

Vietnamese Yogurt Coffee

A sweet and tangy way to mix up your coffee routine.

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