It’s hard to think of a more refreshing beverage — a more perfect respite from a hot summer day — than a glass of lemonade. In its purest form, it’s a simple combination: lemon juice, sugar, and water. Of course, this being New York, we’ve got a host of excellent versions that capitalize on and hone this simplicity, plus plenty of creative twists that use it as a jumping-off point to make it feel new. Herein, the absolute best lemonade in New York.
The绝对Best
1.Fuku
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The options are limited at David Chang’s Momofuku fried-chicken sandwich spinoff, which helps explain why the options are great, across the board — the mantra here could be, “do a few things well.” One of those things is the pleasingly pink strawberry-lemonade slushie. It’s small but incredibly dense and of course cold as ice — you can sip it through a straw before it starts to melt, but just barely — and intensely but not overwhelmingly flavorful, with a perfect, addictive balance of bright berry sweetness and cheek-puckering, sharp citrus tartness.
2.Dizengoff
75 Ninth Ave. at 15th St., Chelsea Market; 646-833-7097
第二位是另一个冷冻竞争者，这是以色列品种之一，称为一个limonana。What sets it apart, beyond its optimal, not-too-sweet lemony tartness and perfect slushy texture, is a generous amount of mint, blended in so that it adds a distinct herbal note and also flecks the concoction green, resulting in a drink that looks as good as it tastes. Last we ordered it, someone stopped us on the street to ask, “Where did you得到that?”
3.Dimes
49 Canal St., nr. Orchard St.; 212-925-1300
每个人最喜欢的健康食品都提供不少于三种类型的柠檬水。最令人满意的可能是茴香生姜，这是经典上相当微妙的戏剧，茴香的淡淡植物香气，只有姜的踢脚（以及两者的微小，类似糖果的小点）。Pepper-Rose或Cayenne版本会为更激动的刺激者寻求更激动人心。前者是用粗糙的粉红色辣椒和玫瑰糖浆制成的，是甜的，酸的，花的和凶猛的。后者以某种方式将柠檬味变成了其他完全，更深，更圆形和融化的东西。两者都达到了正确的香料水平。
4.Cha Cha Matcha
373 Broome St.，Nr。莫特街；646-895-9484
柠檬水可能是您想在抹茶咖啡馆订购的最后一件事，但是如果柠檬水（用Yuzu和Mint制作）该怎么办还包含抹茶？这是一场不太可能的婚姻，但它不仅仅是Instagram诱饵：当然是鲜绿色，但实际上也味道良好，奶油，草药和额外的酸。
5.Shake Shack
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Shake Shack — which, as the company sometimes likes to remind us, started out as just a simple hot-dog-and-lemonade stand — makes fresh the kind of classic, all-American picnic lemonade on which bottled brands like Country Time and Newman’s Own are based: bright and full andjust在太甜的右侧。有传言说，如果您很好地问他们会向啤酒添加啤酒，以供牛unu。
Honorable Mentions
Balthazar
80 Spring St., at Crosby St.; 212-965-1414
Balthazar’s lemonade is really sweet — super, syrupy sweet — which might be your thing. But it’s also perhaps the most lemony of all the versions we tried, tasting satisfyingly of that deepest lemon flavor you normally only find in the pith and rind.
Hampton Chutney Co.
143 Grand St., nr. Lafayette St.; 212-226-9996
这里的柠檬水在糖上相对较轻，但得到了大量的橙色水，既可以呈现出蜂蜜的色调又是蜂蜜的花香。
这种流行的薄荷柠檬水闪闪发光 - 从字面上看，它是用碳酸水制成的。但是，它足够强大，可以比调味的seltzer和轻便的味道更加浓郁和令人满意，以免避免转向苏打水域，并且通常是一种饮酒的乐趣。
Luke’s Lobster
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You might expect this fruity bottled beverage, made with blueberries from Maine, to be extra sweet, but it’s in fact surprisingly tart and quite delicious, tasting genuinely of blueberries (which also dye it a nice shade of purple) and extra refreshing in its cold glass vehicle.
微笑和微笑去
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另一个令人满意的直截了当，酸，不太甜的经典迭代，圆形和柠檬味，并在原始地点加了罗勒。
Taïm
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Taïm’s lemonade goes heavy on both the ginger and the mint, resulting in a rich-tasting, deeply flavored sweet-and-spicy libation in which the lemon almost takes a back seat — though it still sings.