More than just Irish Coffee
Hot Chocolate Gin has been inspired by the Hotel Chocolat website where they mention their range of Cocoa Gin Liqueurs. This got me looking at cocoa, what is it? What is cacao? Is it different or just two spellings of the same word? On closer inspection, it looks like Hotel Chocolat are confused on this […]
Pimm’s, warm apple juice, cloves, this Apple Strudel cocktail has it all. The Pimms which you will normally find available is Pimms No 1 Cup which may lead you to wonder whether there is a No 2 Cup (or 3 or 4). No 1 Cup is gin-based and was created in 1840 by Mr James
Pimm’s is often associated with the summer and hot lazy afternoons, this recipe for Winter Pimm’s Punch can be sampled at any time of the year. The Pimm’s which you will normally find available is Pimm’s No 1 Cup which may lead you to wonder whether there is a No 2 Cup (or 3 or
A cosmopolitan, or informally a cosmo, is a cocktail made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened lime juice. A Hot Cosmopolitan is our take on a classic recipe. I had a carton of Cranberry Juice lurking in the fridge so, after a careful bit of Googling, I found the absolute classic cocktail, Cosmopolitan. Most recipes are similar and
I was looking around the internet, trying to find a whisky-based cocktail that I could turn into a Hot Cocktail and found “The Avalanche”. The only problem was that there were ten different recipes, including some with vodka or gin. I’ve had to work very hard to adapt and tweak the recipes and just accept
Chocolate and orange is a classic combination, a match made in heaven as some would say. Terry’s know what to do with chocolate and orange so I took inspiration from them. Terry’s Chocolate Orange is a chocolate product created by Terry’s in 1932 at Terry’s Chocolate Works in York, England. The brand has changed ownership