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Fuel for the holiday season!


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Holidays are coming and coffee is the perfect companion for a festive cocktail.

High quality coffee can stand on its own, but combining it with other premium ingredients can further highlight the flavour and characteristics.

Coffee based cocktails are a popular, developing trend worldwide as a digestif, warming or refreshing beverage, especially in early evening and post dinner drinking moments.

To get to the butom of it, we asked two of our coffee expects to share their favourite recipes for unique mocktails and cocktails with Costa Coffee. Why not give them a go!?

Enjoy!


    1. “Christmas Costalicious” by Savvas Petroutsos, Coffee Capabilities Expert, Greece & Cyprus Business Unit

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The perfect beverage to get you and your friends into the Christmas spirit!

Ingredients:

  • 150 ml milk
  • 10g coconut sugar
  • 1/4 tea spoon ginger
  • 1/4  tea spoon clove
  • 1/4  tea spoon cinnamon
  • 1/4  tea spoon allspice
  • 1/4  tea spoon nutmeg
  • 20g cacao powder
  • 2 coffee capsules (suggested: Costa Coffee signature blend)

Equipment:

  • Classic 300ml coffee mug
  • Coffee capsule machine
  • Ibrik (or equivalent device to warm up the milk)

Build-up:

  • Warm up the milk in a jug up to 70 degrees Celsius (ideal temperature 65 degrees)
  • Pour all the spices in the jug and stir to homogenize with the milk
  • Then, pour the cacao powder and stir to homogenize the beverage
  • Extract the two capsules
  • Mix the ingredients gently
  • Garnish with a cinnamon stick  

    2. “Espresso Tonic”: the ultimate coffee mocktail by Anna Oleksak, Coffee Capability Lead, Poland and Baltics Business Unit and World Coffee Events Certified Judge, Q Grader, R Grader

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Do you like espresso? What about a Fizzy espresso? Espresso tonic is a very refreshing and flavourful beverage, and the ultimate coffee mocktail. Try it after lunch as a digestif or when chilling out with friends at home on a relaxing evening – great for New Year’s Eve party or.. the day after 😊

Ingredients:

  • 120 gr ice
  • 20 ml passion fruit syrup
  • 150 ml tonic water 
  • 30 ml espresso coffee (suggested: Costa Coffee Signature Blend)
  • Lemon grass as garnish/stirer

Equipment:

  • Costa Coffee cold brew glass or any other 300 ml glass

Build-up:

  • Put ice into the glass
  • Add passion fruit syrup, followed by tonic water
  • Pour gently espresso on top to form layers
  • Serve with lemon grass stick and mix before drinking

    3. “Tennessee Coffee” by Savvas Petroutsos, Coffee Expert, Greece & Cyprus Business Unit

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Looking for the ideal starter to a festive night? Mix up two different worlds and discover unique flavours with this twisted Irish coffee recipe.

Ingredients:

  • Double shot espresso coffee (suggested: Costa Coffee signature blend)
  • 20 ml American whiskey 
  • 20 ml honey
  • Full fat milk cream

Equipment:

  • Classic Irish coffee glass
  • Bar spoon
  • 3-piece shaker
  • Kettle

Build-up:

  • Pour the whiskey and the honey in the glass
  • Pour the espresso in the glass
  • Add 160 ml of water (75 degrees Celsius)
  • Stir to homogenize the ingredients
  • Shake 60 ml of cream in a 3-piece shaker
  • Pour the cream on the top of the beverage