Hot Drinks

Tea is by far the most popular drink consumed in Britain today, with over 165,000,000 cups being drunk in the UK every single day of the year. Chai is basically black tea brewed with selected spices or herbs and milk. Indian Masala Chai Ingredients: 3 - 4 Tea Spoons/4 Teabags of good tea (Tetley/Darjeeling/Lipton) 1 inch ginger- can be fresh, dry or powdered ginger 3 - 4 cardamom pods, crushed 3 Cloves Small piece of cinnamon 1 tsp fennel seeds 1 or 2 whole black peppers (optional but spicier and tastier when added) Sugar to taste Milk -warmed Brewing: This is best done on a saucepan on ...  Read the complete review

As i'm writing this review about hot drinks, I'm looking outside and the last thing I want on a warm sunny day is a hot drink! But when I think a bit more deeply the idea of hot drinks on cold days really brings a smile to my face. When you've been outside in the cold, there is nothing better than sitting down on a comfy sofa with a nice hot drink! So I have collated a few of my receipes that I use and would like to share them with you! My Italian Hot Chocolate Everyone likes hot chocolate, lets face it! It's generally drunk as a warming, treatful drink which tastes absolutely great! I quite like supermarket hot chocolates but I like to make ...  Read the complete review

Though for the most part I am a cold drinks person, especially from the aspect of thirst quenching above enjoyment, there are a few hot drinks which I have over the years come to enjoy. There is nothing more comforting than, on a cold winter's night when the wind, snow, hail, rain, sleet - or whatever happens to be tumbling from the sky - is raging away outside, snuggling on the sofa with my hands cupped around a mug of a steaming, tasty hot drink. Even if a hot drink doesn't have much nutritonal value, I believe that the psychological benefits can be tremendous, going a fair way towards creating a drop in stress levels and a delicious sense of ...  Read the complete review

The Best Coffee Hot Toddy Ever! This is my own unique recipe that I would love to share with you. This is great if you have just come in after a hard day and you are feeling knackered and in need of a soothing, mellow pick me up! I always make this using instant coffee - it just doesn't taste right when you use "proper" coffee - so it is really quick and easy to prepare. Ingredients: 1 heaped teaspoon good instant coffee, not decaf! (I always use Nescafe Gold Blend) 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar (I make my own by putting a cracked open vanilla pod in a sugar jar) 1 shot of good brandy 2 drops vanilla ...  Read the complete review

I am mad about tea, and thought about how to make my own fruity, spicy tea, without Twinnings, beacuse they are quiet frankly, not good enough. This tea is best in a teapot with an inbuilt strainer as you will be needing to contain both fruit, tea and spices. You could have them floating around in any old teapot but I personally find teapots with a central strainer tidier and the consumption smoother and less 'bitsy'. So, you will need the following - 1 Teaspoon of Dark Oolong (Wu-Long) Tea or Lapsang Souchong for a woodier flavour. In all honesty even a single tea bag of the bog standard variety is good too. - 1 or two ...  Read the complete review