Summer water is different from other such seasonal beverages like Winter Water or Fall Water… or even Spring Water. Those waters are just… water.
Summer Water is special. Summer Water has rosé in it because there are precious few other way to get through a summer in New Orleans or any other alarmingly hot and humid city. Alarmingly hot… like you didn’t even know the Earth could be so hot and steamy… you didn’t even know if was possible. So. Summer Water.
Summer water helps ease the discomfort of frizzy hair, back sweat, under breast sweat, razor burn, beach yearning, top of scalp sunburns, heat fatigue, deep laziness, city smells, and general questions about the meaning of life and particularly why life is sometimes so very hot.
Here’s how to make Summer Water.
• Add ice to a glass.
• Fill the glass half full with rosé wine. Any sort you like.
• Add an orange wedge and cucumber slices.
• Top with sparkling water.
• Sit and enjoy.
• Repeat. Add a pool if possible.
Find all of your Summer Rosé accessories here. Cheers y’all!
(This post and recipe is 100% tongue-in-cheek and 100% very serious. We’re operating at 200%. This post is dedicated to Jessi S, killin’ the game in Kansas City.)
See also: Watermelon Strawberry Citrus Sangria.
Chrissy
Gosh, I remember living in NOLA for three summers and being so utterly exhausted all the time. Get up-shower-run one errand-shower-nap. Repeat. May all the summer water be with you this summer. It’s gonna be a doozie.
DisplacedHousewife
Boob sweat and scalp burns. That pretty much sums it up. Send summer water stat.
Sweet Treats by Dani
Sounds delicious! And a totally respectable way to drink rosé before 5pm ;)
Sandra Garth
I need a couple of gallons on standby!
Kendra
I have always called this a wine spritzer but Summer Water sounds completely next level. Cheers!
Jenn Chavez
I intend to “operate at 200%” and make summer water as soon as possible. In AZ, we may not have “steamy” but we have MASTERED “alarmingly hot.” Thanks for the recipe!
Christine
LOVE those glasses! I NEED!
My Style Vita (@MyStyleVita)
Yes to fancy summer water!
xo Jessica
My Style Vita
Taste of France
The whole watered-down wine thing comes from the days when water wasn’t treated and often was smelly and contaminated. So they added wine. In winter, they just drank wine, but doing that in summer would knock a person out for the afternoon.
Four more hours before apéro time….
Desiree
I like the way you think, Joy! What are your thoughts on summer water’s work appropriateness for those who work and cook in unairconditioned apartments? Asking for a friend…
sue
OMG I read this one out to hubby and he fell off the stool laughing – thank you for this funny, mood enlightening Friday post which also has a great recipe and one that we will try later today
have a great weekend with plenty of Summer Water :)
Bess
In the tiny Southern place I grew up, the little old church ladies would hush their voices and call the hottest and most humid times of summer “two panty days”…because swapping out the underlayers before dinner really does make a big difference!
Amy K
Lol!! I know the feeling, definitely in the quick cold afternoon shower phase????
Jessica Rose
Underbreast sweat….writing it like it is!! ;)
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mrsmichellegoldsmith
This is just in time, we’re having our annual one-week of summer weather here in the East Midlands [UK]. I don’t drink, so have substituted pomegranate juice for the wine, and it’s really refreshing!
Rena
Souns really refreshing! Hopefully we will have hot summer days soon in Bavaria to enable to enjoy it :)
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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