When summer days give way to autumn crispness and the first snows of winter, falling temperatures send you searching for thick sweaters and woolly hats. But nothing warms you down to the soul like a steaming mug of hot chocolate or spicy mulled cider. HOT DRINKS presents fifty recipes for delicious coffees, teas, chocolates, ciders, punches, and cocktails to sip in front of a crackling fire or heat up holiday get-togethers. You'll find a toasty pick-me-up for every frosty occasion, including classics like Hot Buttered Rum, Cafe con Leche, and Moroccan Mint Tea, as well as new twists on old favorites like Snowflake Vanilla White Chocolate, Hot Wasabi Red Snapper, and West Indies Pineapple Cup. Easy to mix and full of rich flavor, these cold-weather warmers are guaranteed to chase away the winter chills.A festive collection of 50 hot drink recipes for fall and winter holiday entertaining. Features more than 30 full-color photographs. Includes alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks.
I am an adventurous tea trekker and premium tea specialist for my tea business:www.teatrekker.com.
I am part of the team of Heiss & Heiss, and co-author and principal photographer for the IACP and James Beard Cookbook Award nominated book: The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide. Our current book, The Tea Enthusiast's Handbook, A Guide to Enjoying the World's Best Teas, is a handy companion volume with practical advise for navigating the delicious maze of tea categories and styles available in tea shops today.
The New York Times dubbed us 'the Professors of Tea' and we are thrilled with that title. We have specialized in sourcing premium tea for 37 years. Because we know that not all tea is the same and quality varies wildly, we travel to East Asia each year to select our rare and premium teas and to re-affirm our commitment to our suppliers. We look for the highest grades, the choicest leaf and small, hand-made batches.
Understanding tea is a complex study of how's and why's. Tea knowledge is comprised of minutia, lots of it, as well as recognizing the importance of both the large and small differences in each class of tea.
Studying tea is a lifelong quest; one cannot learn all there is to know about the styles of tea in a few broad strokes. When we visit tea-producing countries we become students to the tea masters that teach us and share their wisdom about tea with us.
We return home each time with additional knowledge, new insights, and a deeper appreciation for the craft of tea-making, and in turn share this information with our tea customers and readers.
Together and individually, we present professional and vocational seminars and classes on tea culture and history, and lead group tea tasting workshops. In our store we periodically conduct a series of Master Classes in Tea.
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