Tag: winter beverage

Drink Recipes

Creating a Family Coquito Recipe

Originally published Dec 2020, updated for 2021. Being Puerto Rican on my father’s side, the one thing I know Puerto Ricans love at Christmas time is coquito. Everyone has an opinion on it, and everyone has a family recipe. Except me! When I asked around no one actually had a …
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Mexican Hot Chocolate – Champurrado

What is Mexican hot chocolate (champurrado) and how is it different from regular hot chocolate? How do you even pronounce champurrado? Fret not, dear reader. You’re about to go on a magical ride. A chocolate-flavored magic ride! This is champurrado: And you can thank the ancient Aztecs and Mayans for …
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20 Best Mulled Wines for a Toasty Winter Evening

Some variation of mulled wine, a spiced warm drink, is popular in countries around the world. While some may use different base liquids or a slightly different ratios of spices, the similarities are very close. From Scandinavia to India, here are 20 of the best mulled wine recipes for a …
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Non-Alcoholic Mulled Wine: Winter Spiced Hibiscus Tea

I’ve never had mulled wine, so when I was reading through the delicious sounding recipes for my mulled wine roundup post, I got intrigued. One of the recipes was for a non-alcoholic mulled wine and that got me thinking. They used a bunch of juice, but also mentioned hibiscus tea—which …