Although I’ve written about alcoholic drinks and cocktails on the blog, it struck me that I’ve also written about amazing teas and coffee that I’ve stumbled across and want to share.
Plus soft-drink recipes that I’ve made; so this section is dedicated to those.
I’ve always been a die-hard tea lover; I can’t function in a morning without it! But I also love to make cordials and pressé; since we moved to the country, elderflower pressé and homemade rhubarb cordial is one of our annual summer staples.
Creating soft drinks — for the kids especially — is a really good thing to do, as you know exactly what’s in them. No nasties and you can also limit the sugar!
Here are a few of my favourites.
If anyone had told me that a coffee gin and tonic was a thing, I wouldn’t have believed them but it really is! It’s called a turbo gin and tonic — and I thought I’d share the recipe. I’ve spoken often about my love of gin. I’ve created a little gin bar at home; made …
Is Hibiscus tea good for you? If you’re looking for a healthy tipple to balance out all the excesses of the upcoming festive season? Forget the cocktails — here are seven health benefits of Hibiscus tea. Health Giving Hibiscus Humans have enjoyed the health-giving properties of Hibiscus for many years, but it’s a relatively new …
Looking for a simple rhubarb gin recipe? It’s that time of year again, when gardens and allotments in the UK are starting to bloom and you maybe lucky enough to already have a few rosy red stalks of rhubarb, ripe for the picking. Rhubarb works beautifully in desserts and is always paired with custard, but …
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How do you start your day? Are you a coffee fiend or a tea guzzler? Me? I am most definitely the latter. I do drink coffee but not first thing in the morning; I am strictly a ‘tea only’ kinda gal before 10.30am. And I’m also quite fussy about how I take it. Milk no …
Want to know how to make the perfect Mojito? Read on! I was dreaming of cocktails and summer yesterday; winter has us well and truly in its grips. It snowed here yesterday morning! Funnily enough, it snowed in November in the very first year we moved into this village too. Proper snow. Big fat flakes …
What could be better, in the heat of midsummer than a gin and rhubarb cocktail? Recently we made some homemade cordial with the rhubarb that we grow in our veggie patch. It’s a lovely alternative to pies and crumbles and a fabulous way of using the endless supply of rosy tinged stalks, that we seem to …
Have you ever wondered how to make homemade rhubarb cordial? Each year, we’re treated to an abundance of rosy tinged rhubarb; cut some stalks and they’re quickly replaced with more. Which sometimes means that we have a glut of it — and there’s only so much rhubarb crumble that one girl can eat! We recently bought some …
