Recipes
Cooler Recipes
Fruit-forward and tea-based, no coffee at all -- the iced-tea/fruit-juice format.
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Ingredient-Honest
Rebuilt from whole ingredients only — real fruit, maple, dates, cacao — no syrups, gums, or mystery additives. Our top recommendation.
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Standard
Classic home versions of café drinks, plus copycats of chains' seasonal and viral menu items.
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Sugar-Free
The same drinks, lower-sugar or fully sugar-free, named against the specific chain drink they replace.
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Blackberry Hibiscus Cooler
Brewed hibiscus tea and muddled blackberries, no proprietary concentrate -- about $0.95 a drink, no coffee involved.
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Blue Lagoon Energy Cooler
Our homemade Blue Curaçao Syrup, real lemon juice, and a sugar-free energy drink -- the classic Blue Lagoon mocktail flavor, alcohol-free and caffeinated, about $1.82 a drink.
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Blue Raspberry Energy Cooler
A real sugar-free energy drink plus blue raspberry syrup -- the energy-drink caffeine build, about $1.68 a drink. Blue raspberry is a flavoring, not a real fruit, and we're saying so plainly.
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Cherry Limeade Energy Cooler
Real tart cherry juice and fresh lime in a sugar-free energy drink -- the energy-drink caffeine build, about $1.73 a drink.
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Dragonfruit Coconut Cooler
The Mango Dragonfruit Cooler's creamy cousin -- same dragonfruit-and-mango base, with coconut milk swapped in for the water. About $1.57 a drink.
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Honey Lavender Cooler
Brewed white tea, real honey, dried culinary lavender, and fresh lemon juice -- a genuine fruit-tea build, about $0.78 a drink, no coffee syrup involved.
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Jasmine Milk Tea Cooler
The dairy-free member of our Jasmine Milk Tea family -- homemade jasmine tea concentrate diluted with cold water over ice, no milk, no coffee. About $0.24 a drink.
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Key Lime Cooler
Brewed white tea, real key lime juice, and a touch of simple syrup -- a bright citrus cooler, about $0.72 a drink, no coffee involved.
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Kiwi Berry Green Tea Cooler
Real kiwi and blackberries blended into brewed green tea -- a homemade take on the kiwi-starfruit-style fruit tea some chains have rotated on and off menus. About $1.54 a drink.
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Mango Dragonfruit Cooler
Real dragonfruit and mango, no proprietary concentrate -- the copycat build for a Mango Dragonfruit Cooler at about $1.30 a drink.
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Mango Dragonfruit Energy Cooler
Real dragonfruit and mango muddled into a sugar-free energy drink -- the energy-drink caffeine build, about $2.28 a drink.
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Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade Cooler
The Mango Dragonfruit Cooler, topped with real lemonade instead of water -- about $1.57 a drink, no coffee involved.
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Orange Energy Cooler
A real sugar-free energy drink plus real orange juice, no syrup involved -- about $1.75 a drink, with the caffeine source named plainly.
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Peach Energy Cooler
Real peaches muddled into a sugar-free energy drink -- the energy-drink caffeine build, about $1.79 a drink.
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Peach Green Tea Lemonade Cooler
Brewed green tea, real lemonade, and frozen peaches -- the drive-thru-style peach tea lemonade for about $0.94 a drink, no espresso involved.
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Pineapple Coconut Energy Cooler
Real pineapple and a coconut milk float in a sugar-free energy drink -- the energy-drink caffeine build, about $1.96 a drink.
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Pineapple Passionfruit Cooler
Brewed white tea, real passionfruit juice, and diced pineapple -- about $1.09 a drink, no coffee involved.
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Raspberry Lemonade Green Tea Cooler
Brewed green tea, real lemonade, and muddled raspberries -- about $1.01 a drink, no coffee anywhere in the build.
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Strawberry Acai Cooler
The real base behind a Starbucks-style Strawberry Açaí Cooler -- brewed hibiscus tea, real strawberries, and açaí juice, no proprietary concentrate needed. About $0.84 a drink.
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Strawberry Coconut Cooler
The Strawberry Açaí Cooler's creamy cousin -- same hibiscus-tea-and-strawberry base, with coconut milk swapped in for part of the water. About $1.11 a drink.
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Strawberry Energy Cooler
The Dutch Bros-style energy-drink build -- a real sugar-free energy drink as the caffeine source, muddled strawberries for flavor, about $1.72 a drink.
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Strawberry Guava Cooler
Brewed hibiscus tea, real guava nectar, and diced strawberries -- about $0.97 a drink, no coffee involved.
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Strawberry Lemonade Cooler
Blended frozen strawberries and real lemonade -- the drive-thru strawberry lemonade for about $1.08 a drink, no tea or coffee involved.
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Watermelon Energy Cooler
Real blended watermelon in a sugar-free energy drink -- the energy-drink caffeine build, about $1.45 a drink.
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Watermelon Lemonade Cooler
Blended fresh watermelon and real lemonade -- the drive-thru watermelon-lemonade cooler for about $0.60 a drink, no tea or coffee involved.
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White Tea Lemonade Cooler
Brewed white tea and real lemonade -- the simplest fruit-tea build on this site, about $0.73 a drink, no coffee involved.