Hot Drinks
Welcome back to Blogmas 2015. This
is the first of a number of food and drink posts I am putting up over the next
few weeks, all of which will naturally be related to Christmas and winter. Today’s
topic will be hot drinks. I hope you enjoy!
At this time of year, there is
something so comfortable about getting in from the cold and settling down to
any one of a number of hot beverages to warm yourself up. They evoke memories
of coming home from school and getting myself cosy, feeling safe and warm. I have
picked out just a few of my old favourites below to talk about.
TEA
As a Brit, this was inevitably
going to appear on this list. I absolutely love tea, especially really sweet
and really milky. This is the only way to have it, and there is only ONE
correct order in which to make it, something which is disputed by so many
people up and down this country. I repeat, though, that this is (in my opinion
anyway) the ONLY way in which tea should be made.
Teabag, water, remove teabag,
milk, sugar.
I would of course love to know if
you think it should be made any other way in the comments.
Of course, there are so many
wonderful flavours of instant tea out there as well. I highly recommend apple,
peach and lemon, but there are a wide variety out there, so try as many as you
can.
COFFEE
I have never been a huge coffee
drinker, but a few years back, I went through a phase where I really loved it,
and drank it quite a lot. Again, as with tea, milky and sweet is the only way
to go. It is a bit stronger than tea, so is for people who have stronger tastes
really. Nevertheless, it is becoming a more popular thing in the UK to drink
coffee rather than tea, and is still a comforting winter warmer for a lot of
people.
MULLED WINE
It doesn’t get much more festive
than mulled wine. I have never had it myself, but I hear so many good things
about it. In the past, I have drunk wine, but have never tried it hot. Naturally,
I have to recommend responsible drinking to everyone, no matter your age, but
do give it a try if you can.
As I said in a previous post some
time ago, I no longer take caffeine which rules out the first two, unless I opt
for decaf. More recently, I have had to stop drinking alcohol for medical reasons,
which rules out the possibility of drinking mulled wine. Therefore, I have to
find alternatives which contain NEITHER of these things. Below are the two I have
found.
HOT BLACKCURRANT SQUASH
This is an absolute favourite of
mine, and takes me back to being a child. As a child, I used to drink a lot of
squash, and adding hot water rather than cold makes it so much nicer, as well
as providing a perfect winter warmer. Although it resembles a medicinal cough
remedy in terms of smell and slightly in taste, it is fantastic and I love it. And
let’s not forget – it’s free of both alcohol and caffeine.
HOT CHOCOLATE
Without a doubt, the best hot
drink, and the most perfect winter warmer is hot chocolate. The best way to
make it is with milk (NEVER WITH WATER), topped with a tower of whipped cream
and a lot of marshmallows. As a child, long before I had really discovered tea
or coffee, I used to drink hot chocolate on cold winter nights before going to
bed. In my view, there are no hot drinks which beat a good cup of hot
chocolate. I have tried many amazing brands over the years such as Horlicks and
Ovaltine, but the brand which tops them all, and has given us the greatest
chocolate products in the world, is Cadbury’s. Ooh, I really want a cup of hot chocolate
now!
BLOGMAS MUSIC CHART
This is an incredibly catchy
song, and I just had to include it on my list somewhere. I love this song, and
although it isn’t very well known, it is amazing and I hope you like it. Here
it is, at number 14, Darlene Love with All
Alone On Christmas.
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14
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Darlene Love
All Alone on Christmas
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Thank you for reading. As always,
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posted about or send me Christmassy pictures. Come back tomorrow for the next
instalment of this exciting Blogmas month. Until then, keep festive, keep
smiling, and above all keep believing.
TRENT
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