While Café Saigon features a ton of atypical fruit drinks (even loganberry! Yes!), the avocado shake is the most unique, and most delicious. It might sound weird, but it's seriously refreshing—they simply blend avocado halves with condensed milk and a bit of sugar. It comes out topped with a single cherry and is accompanied with a zany fat straw. To the chumps who complain that avocado is too fattening—it's "good fat," remember?

Sure, hot chocolate is probably the last thing you want to drink in the impending dog days, but this one's got a kicker. In true Mexican fashion, the drink is spiced up with cayenne pepper, making it the perfect partner for a sweet fried churro. It might lack in forehead-cooling capacity, but it'll definitely get your day rolling.

Jamaicans traditionally drink this deep-purple specialty, brewed from the berries of the sorrel plant, during the Christmas season (with rum added). A large bottle (pictured) from the Hut will set you back just four bucks. While it tastes a bit … unfamiliar, it's purported to have massive medicinal qualities.

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Divan owner Ilker Ugur says most Americans don't know what to make of his homeland's staple, but you should see for yourself. It's exceedingly simple: Ayran is a shake-up of plain yogurt, lemon water and salt. Rest assured it's better than the only simple drink I know how to concoct: effin' Kool-Aid.

Be sure to order this drink when you're out at any Thai restaurant, Chaleo or otherwise. It combines orange, vanilla and cinnamon with black tea leaves to achieve the distinctive super-sweet flavor. Add a little crushed ice and half and half, and you've got the perfect remedy for the curry burnt-tongue blues.