From brightly colored thirst quenchers to edible flowers and names like “Blueberry Bloom,” local businesses are springing specialty menus and warm weather favorites on you. Here are nine drinks you’ll find us sipping.
Keep it caffeinated
- Pinewood Social | Spring Vacation | A Crema Coffee Roasters espresso tonic, sweetened with grapefruit-infused brown sugar syrup and garnished with fresh mint
- Humphreys Street | Blueberry Bloom | Cold brew topped with lemon blueberry cold foam
- Retrograde Coffee | Spring on East | House-made lavender and honey syrup in a Maldon sea salt latte
Matcha more options
- Fido | Flora & Fauna | Cherry blossom matcha topped with edible flowers
- Honest Coffee Roasters | Prince | Ube and lavender-infused milk poured into matcha
- Frothy Monkey | Rattlesnake Matcha | Sparkling matcha with lime, mango, and Tajin — iced only
Order the Strawberry Letter 23 during Golden Sound’s Golden Hour: Half-off drinks every Wednesday to Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Crush a few cocktails
- Golden Sound | Strawberry Letter 23 | Blends Uncle Nearest bourbon with strawberry yuzu purée and lemon juice
- Eddie Ate Dynamite | Apricot Thyme Gold Rush | Apricot-flavored George Dickel Tennessee whiskey with a splash of lemon, honey, and thyme
- Pearl Diver | Cutback | Multi-colored gin-based cocktail with lavender honey syrup, kiwi, creole bitters, and cava
