The Best New Drinks in Grocery Stores This Year

Raise a glass to these standout sips

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Sonal Dutt
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Published on June 5, 2024 09:00AM EDT
LEMONADE: San pellegrino Zero Grams Added Sugar Italian Sparkling Drinks Lemonade
PEOPLE Food Awards 2024: Best Drinks. Photo:

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Cheers to the PEOPLE Food Awards 2024!

Our testers sipped on plenty of bubbly drinks, freshly-brewed teas and coffees until we found the best drinks worthy of your fridge space. Find out which seltzer gave us a feeling of nostalgia and which juice made for a "fabulous cocktail mixer."

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01 of 06

Best Tea

Twinings Iced Tea Bags Pure Black Tea

Twinings Iced Tea Bags Pure Black Tea

Testers enjoyed the “refreshingly crisp and clean” flavor — as well as the option to brew one glass or an entire pitcher at a time. “It’s a classic iced tea done right.”

Buy it! $8 for 72 bags, twiningsusa.com

02 of 06

Best Coffee

Pop & Bottle Cold Brew Coffee Medium Roast

Pop & Bottle Cold Brew Medium Roast Coffee

Even coffee snobs were impressed with the “smooth” and “low acidity” brew that “stayed strong over ice.”

Buy it! $6 for 48 oz., target.com

03 of 06

Best Lemonade

San pellegrino Zero Grams Added Sugar Italian Sparkling Drinks Lemonade

Sanpellegrino Zero Grams Added Sugar Lemonade

It was raves all around for the nearly sugar-free, sparkling lemonade that gets its sweetness from Italian lemons. The “delicately carbonated” bubbles made it “so easy to drink.”

Buy it! $7 for 6, target.com

04 of 06

Best Sparkling Water

Waterloo Raspberry Nectarine Sparkling Water

Waterloo Raspberry Nectarine Sparkling Water

It got high scores for its “delightful fruit-forward” notes that complemented the “enthusiastically bubbly” seltzer.

Buy it! $4 for 8, target.com

05 of 06

Best Flavored Sparkling Water

Spindrift Grapeade

Spindrift Grapeade

Reviewers said they could “taste the nostalgia” of fresh Concord grapes and lemon juice. One tester declared it the “grown-up grape soda of my dreams.”

Buy it! $6 for 8, target.com

06 of 06

Best Juice

Revl Fruits Tart Cherry

Revl Fruits Tart Cherry

True to its name, the juice has a unique sour-sweet kick but is mellowed out with a splash of coconut water. “Just saying, it also makes a fabulous cocktail mixer,” said one thorough tester.

Buy it! $6.50 for 32 oz., target.com

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