This hot fruity drink is perfect for chilly evenings any time of the year, but especially late fall and winter. Use loads of spices to really make it pop!

Spice it up - this spicy, hot fruit drink is my go to whenever a sore throat is approaching. It is very spicy, but delicious and feels like a comfy scarf from the inside. It calms the pain in my throat and makes me very warm. Perfect to snuggle on the couch and recover.

Pumpkin Spice Lattes, warm lemon tea, fairytale pumpkins and (though not edible) horse chestnuts are some of my favorite signs of fall. Here I combined watercolor illustrations and shared them on TDAC for the FEAST collection.

Four of my autumn seasonal favorites, all lined up. Only three of four are edible! Pumpkin spice lattes, a whole pumpkin, and yummy lemon tea. The fourth, horse chestnuts, are not! They are pretty and a true sign of fall. Sometimes they get mistaken for edible chestnuts, though, which are delicious when roasted. Make sure you select carefully!

I just love the warm inviting smells of apple, orange, cinnamon and clove that fill the house! When making this delicious drink! Not to mention the cozy warming taste!
We love making this traditional English drink every year for Samhain and Yule.

Tea and spices have a long history of use together. It would seem that spices and tea go well together and it’s great for our health. Spiced tea warms our bodies.

Delicious and healing flower teas

I think my favorite part of fall is all of the rich, spicey scents. Mulling spices can be used in tea, cider, hot chocolate and even cocktails.

A childhood favorite best enjoyed by a crackling fire.

I learned of granizados when I lived in Spain. They are water-based, dairy-free frozen treats with a slush like texture. One of the most traditional granizados is lemon flavored, but when it is hot, a granizado de café is a wonderful way to get your coffein hit and a cool treat at the same time. Classically the liquid is put in the freezer and has to be scraped every thirty minutes. This makes it quite time consuming. But if you own a blender or smoothie maker you can side track this easily and have a treat whenever you like it with minimal prep time!

Have you ever tried anything more delicious that the perfect blend of spices in Chai Tea?!
Here are the ingredients to make it yourself.
Enjoy!

An unexpectedly compatible combination of sweet and spicy that takes an ordinary margarita to something undeniably extraordinary!

This year the mint in my herb garden grew like crazy, it was a very hot summer and we had bought a new hammock. So I thought: „Why not combine all three?“ In the end I did research how to make a decent Mojito and was delighted to find out, that it is not that hard to make. So we enjoyed quite a few Mojitos in and out of the hammock this summer. If you want to enjoy one for yourself, here is the recipe we use. Have fun!

Make lavender syrup and add it to lemonade for a delightful herbal twist.

I recently revised this recipe trying to make it easier to read and testing out some new techniques that I'd learned since I worked on it the first time.