Top 5

Most warmingest winter drinks

Mike Pollitt | Monday 22 November, 2010 10:35

Do you, as Gabriella Cilmi does, want to be warm this winter? Of course you do, warmth is one of the fundamental human needs. Here then are five of the most snugglingly, slanketingly drinks you can snuffle up with in the months ahead.

Glühwein
Glühwein, mulled wine, glögg. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a classic. It’s farcically easy, too. You just buy a really crap bottle of red, cook it for a bit with some fruit and spices, and you’ve got a hot water bottle for your throat. Magic.

Mulled cider
As above, but with smartprice own brand cheapo cider, the sort that if you drank cold would have you throwing up in the street and causing minor criminal damage. But warm it up in a cauldron for 10 minutes and it magically becomes a civilised tipple worthy of a middle class dinner party. Don’t ask Snipe how that works.

Whiskey Mac
At the time of writing, Whiskey Mac has 13 ‘likes’ on Facebook. It should have more, really. Ginger wine is the secret ingredient, which presumably is ginger beer but just a little bit more classy.

Hot milk with vanilla
Because non-alcoholic drinks can be warming too, and Snipe doesn’t want to give the impression that we don’t cater for the abstinent. This is absolutely, unequivocably delicious. If you work in an office which provides free milk for tea, then you could do a lot worse than steal a whole mugfull for this beauty.

Cardamom coffee
A very simple spiced coffee. Think of it like a Starbucks chai tea but without the sickly sweetness, eye-watering pricetag and admittedly sexy red christmas cup. The recipe above says “As you approach the bottom of the cup, you’ll notice a pleasant increase in flavor.” So it even teaches delayed gratification. What more could you ask for from a cup of caffeine and a couple of green pods?

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