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Part cocktail, part dessert, this is the perfect festive twist on an affogato, paired with Zambia Mafinga Hills decaf espresso from Catalyst. 350ml double cream 150ml whole milk 100g soft ...

Desserts should always be decadent, but Yuletide puddings also mark the end of the day's formalities and precede the ritual of sipping sherry slumped on the sofa. A great Christmas ...

Coffee cocktails have gotten a whole lot more delicious with Jason Clark, a.k.a the Drinks Geek, and his new book The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails. He has created ...

As any trip to your local café will tell you, there’s more to tea these days than English breakfast. Most good coffee shops – let alone dedicated tearooms – offer a ...

Tea is endlessly fascinating in its tastes and variety, but our quest for convenience has caused us to commoditise its wonderful leaves and hide them away in paper teabags. It might ...

Wild violets, a freshly opened can of tennis balls, Granny’s strawberry patch, salty air… Tasting notes such as these make it easy to see why professional tasters are revered and ...

Coffee has come a long way in recent years, but mainstream coffee cocktails still seem stuck around variations of the espresso martini, using uninspiring liqueurs such as Tia Maria or ...

There are many well-rehearsed matches within and between the worlds of food and drink. Be they generic high-level advice such as “wine works with cheese” or more specific, such as ...

Kelis once claimed that “milkshake brings all the boys to the yard” and while we’re pretty sure she wasn’t talking about the popular beverage, she makes a good point. So ...

When I was a kid I hated courgettes. Hated them with an all-consuming passion. I’d push the sliced, steamed courgette my mother had lovingly prepared around my plate in a ...

There’s no beating a really great filter or espresso, but sometimes, just sometimes, it’s nice to try something a little bit different. This summer has seen the nation go mad ...

The vacuum coffee brewer – also known as the syphon – is a rarely seen piece of coffee equipment these days, appearing to have fallen out of favour with home ...