NBC's Summer Drink Menu, Ranked by Vibes
Look, we love all four of our Summer Days drinks equally. Like a good parent. But we also know that every drink on this menu has a personality — and finding yours is half the fun. Consider this your official guide.
🍌 Lakeside Banana Latte
Latte with honey, banana flavor shot & cinnamon — your choice of milk
The Lakeside Banana Latte is the drink you order once out of curiosity and then spend the rest of summer defending to people who haven't tried it yet. Honey and banana in a latte sounds like a gamble. It is not a gamble. The cinnamon pulls it together in a way that makes you feel like whoever invented this combination knew something you didn't.
You're ordering this if: You like your morning slow, your coffee a little sweet, and your choices to consistently impress people.
Best served: Hot on a cool morning, iced when it's actually summer outside.
Vibe rating: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ — the undisputed crowd-pleaser.
🌸 Lake Breeze Fizz
White lotus juice, sparkling water with raspberry & lime flavor shot
This is the drink that makes people do a double take at your cup. Bright, bubbly, and carrying a color that has no business looking that good through a clear cup. The raspberry and lime hit first, the white lotus carries it through, and the fizz makes the whole thing feel like a reward for being outside in July. Zero coffee, zero apologies.
You're ordering this if: You just finished a loop around the lake, you're meeting someone on the patio, or you need something that looks as good as summer feels.
Best served: Iced, always. Non-negotiable.
Vibe rating: ⛱️⛱️⛱️⛱️⛱️ — peak patio energy.
🍋 Nokomis Nectar
Lemonade and sparkling water with a guava flavor shot
The Nokomis Nectar is deceptively simple and quietly tropical. Guava and lemonade together shouldn't work as well as they do — but here we are. It's tart enough to actually quench your thirst, sweet enough to feel like a treat, and light enough that you'll finish it before you realize you wanted a second one. The sparkling water keeps it effervescent without being overwhelming.
You're ordering this if: It's 85 degrees, you've been at the beach, and you need something that tastes like summer smells.
Best served: Iced, on the hottest day of the week.
Vibe rating: 🍋🍋🍋🍋 — the sleeper hit of the Summer Days menu.
💙 Blue Water Buzz
Lemonade and sparkling water with a blue raspberry flavor shot
The Blue Water Buzz is the most unapologetically fun drink we've ever put on a menu. The color is electric. The flavor is bold. It tastes exactly like summer tasted when you were ten years old, except now you're an adult standing on a patio two blocks from Lake Nokomis and that's somehow even better. This is not a subtle drink. It's not trying to be.
You're ordering this if: You want something that makes people ask "what is that?" the moment you walk in with it.
Best served: Iced, loud, and without explanation.
Vibe rating: 💙💙💙💙💙 — the most shareable drink on the menu. Guaranteed.
The Bottom Line
All four are here through August. All four are worth trying at least once. And if you can't decide — honestly, that's what second visits are for.
Come find us at 50th & 28th Ave and tell us which one's yours.
See you at the cafe. ☕
