Irish Chocolate Velvet
 This smooth, sophisticated drink will always be appreciated on cold Christmas evenings. |
 Irish Chocolate Velvet |
Pineapple mint yoghurt drink
The coolest, palest shade of cream and a heady scent promise smooth and fruity refreshment, a promise that is fulfilled when you taste pineapple-mint yoghurt drink. |
 Pineapple mint yoghurt drink |
Fruit and Ginger Ale
An old English mulled drink, served chilled over ice. It can be made with ready-squeezed apple and orange juices, but roasting the fruit with cloves gives a far superior flavour. |
 Fruit and Ginger Ale |
Brandied Egg Nog
This frothy blend of eggs, milk and spirits definitely comes into the nightcap category of drinks. |
 Brandied Egg Nog |
Brandy Alexander
A warming digestif, made from a blend of creme de cacao, brandy and heavy cream, that can be served at the end of the meal with coffee. |
 Brandy Alexander |
Hot chocolate and banana
Milky drinks are wonderfully refreshing when ice-cold and comforting when hot. A summer afternoon is the time for serving tall glasses of iced coffee to the grown-ups and a pale froth of banana
milk shake to the children. Young and old alike will enjoy cups of hot chocolate flavoured with banana and vanilla, and given a spicy edge with cinnamon. |
 Hot chocolate and banana |
Festive Liqueurs
These are easier to make than wines and may be made with a variety of flavours and spirits. All these liqueurs should be allowed to mature for 3 months before drinking. |
 Festive Liqueurs |
Mulled Claret
This mull is a blend of claret, cider and orange juice. It can be varied to suit the occasion by increasing or decreasing the proportion of fruit juice. |
 Mulled Claret |
Passion fruit citrus sodas
The exotic flavours in a jug of passion fruit citrus soda make a blend just sharp enough to quench the fiercest thirst. |
 Passion fruit citrus sodas |
Mixed vegetable juice
 A cool blend of cucumber and tomato with a hot dash of horseradish makes a long drink in a short time, and each serving has its own swizzle stick of celery. |
 Mixed vegetable juice |
Spiced cranberry shrub
Shrub is a name borrowed from the Arabs fruit sherbet drinks. This one is irresistible — deep, glowing pink, ice-cold and refreshingly tart. |
 Spiced cranberry shrub |
Herb tea
A steaming glass of this herb tea spreads a tantalising scent of mint, sage and verbena, and makes a thirst-quenching after-dinner drink. |
 Herb tea |
Amber orange tea punch
An icy cup of spiced fresh orange juice hisses gently with the bubbles of mineral water and wine. Assam tea gives the drink perfumed depths, but devotees of Earl Grey may prefer its smoky delicacy. |
 Amber orange tea punch |
Buck's Fizz (Mimosa)
Buck's Fizz, with its refreshing combination of fruit juice and white wine, makes the perfect cocktail drink for Christmas morning. |
 Buck's Fizz (Mimosa) |
Cranberry Kiss
A delicious full-flavoured cocktail, with the tang of cranberry and pink grapefruit juices and the sweetness of Marsala. |
 Cranberry Kiss |
Cranberry Frost
A non-alcoholic cocktail with the colour of holly berries will delight younger and older guests alike. It is the perfect "one-for-the-road" drink to serve at the end of a gathering. |
 Cranberry Frost |
Hot redcurrant punch
 Its warm ruby colour and sharp spicy flavour make this drink popular at outdoor parties. |
 Hot redcurrant punch |
Christmas Spirit
This colourful drink has a sharp but sweet taste. It is excellent served as a winter warmer or after a meal, but it also makes a good summer drink served with crushed ice. |
 Christmas Spirit |
Iced apple mint tea
Mint and lemon, among the freshest of all tastes, combine with fragrant tea and cider to create a long, cooling drink for sunny summer days. |
Grapefruit and mint spritzer
Drinks are more fun when they gently prickle the palate. The grapefruit spritzer (near right) prickles with sparkling water, while the tea punch and jug of lemon and lime make doubly certain by adding ginger as well. |
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