Category Archives: Coffee & Tea Mocktails

Mocktails built on iced tea, cold brew coffee, matcha, kombucha, or chai. Tea-based mocktails shine in the late afternoon; coffee mocktails are a caffeine-forward alternative to an Espresso Martini.Complex, adult-tasting, with real depth of flavor. These are our most sophisticated mocktails and the ones that best convince skeptics that alcohol-free drinks can be proper drinks.

Category: Coffee & Tea Mocktails

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Affogato Mocktail

Vanilla ice cream, cold brew, salt. Italy's affogato, mocktail-ified. Dessert or drink, you decide.
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Iced Maple Latte

Espresso, oat milk, maple syrup, sea salt. Autumn mocktail. Better than the PSL and cheaper than Starbucks.
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Iced Vanilla Oat Cold Brew

Cold brew, vanilla syrup, oat milk, cinnamon. The café mocktail. 10-second build, all-afternoon appeal.
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Jasmine Green Tea Mojito

Jasmine green tea, mint, lime, soda. The Asian cousin of the Virgin Mojito. Floral, bright, exceptionally refreshing.
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Earl Grey Lemon Fizz

Earl Grey tea, lemon, bergamot, soda. Afternoon-tea vibes in a highball glass.
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Matcha Lemonade

Ceremonial-grade matcha, fresh lemon, honey, sparkling water. The vibrant-green matcha drink you'd pay $8 for at a café, made in 2 minutes.
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Iced Chai Mocktail

Spiced chai, oat milk, vanilla, cinnamon. The Starbucks iced chai, built properly. Served cold, ideally in a mason jar.
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Peach Iced Tea Mocktail

Peach, fresh iced tea, lemon, mint. Better than any bottled version. 15 minutes of prep, 4 hours of drinking.
Virgin Espresso Martini Mocktail - Drink Lab recipe hero image

Virgin Espresso Martini

Cold brew, coffee syrup, vanilla, ice. The coffee hit without the booze, exactly as it should have always been served at brunch.
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Arnold Palmer with Mint

Mint, tea, lemonade. The summer upgrade to the Arnold Palmer. Muddle the mint or you are missing the point.
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Frozen Arnold Palmer

Blended Arnold Palmer. Summer-only, ideally in a tall glass, ideally on a patio.
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Arnold Palmer (Classic)

The original half-iced-tea, half-lemonade. Named for the golfer who ordered it so often that bartenders started calling it by his name.
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Pumpkin Spice Mocktail Latte

Yes, it's a cliche. Yes, it's delicious. A grown-up PSL served over ice with a salt-and-cinnamon rim.