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Bartenders Give Their Takes on the Drink of Summer 2021 Spritzes, hard coconut water, mezcal margaritas, and more The Roost s mezcal margarita. Photograph by Nick Farrell. Bars are officially back, so what’s everyone drinking? Five DC-area bartenders share their thoughts on what everyone will (or should) be sipping this summer. The (Not Just Aperol) Spritz “When people think of spritz, they think Italian. We’ve been able to flip those flavors around. We have a cachaca-based spritz-style cocktail with papaya nectar. Adding the touch of some sort of fresh fruit can turn around that flavor. I do think there is this trend that people may have overdone it during the pandemic. People are coming out of that and saying ‘maybe I do want something lighter.’” Serenata Beverage Director AJ Johnson ....