We’ve got so much to celebrate in the world of food and drink at the moment. This includes our Exciting Food And Drink Round-Up, plus it’s almost Mother’s Day here in the UK, and there’s lots of delicious things to gift to your mum or the mother figure in your life.
We’ve included some outstanding drinks that can be for yourself or gifted to others, especially mum! There’s even some foodie bits and pieces that you’ll probably want to keep to yourself but they should be shared.
Mother’s Day Food & Drink Gift Ideas
Crosstown Doughnuts
Treating mum to a box of doughnut delights is sure to put a smile on her face this Mother’s Day. Indulge in this perfect treat – a box of six or 12 handcrafted Crosstown doughnuts, complete with ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ edible toppers. Includes Dark Chocolate Truffle Sourdough Doughnuts filled with a rich and indulgent chocolate truffle, coated in luxurious dark chocolate ganache. Also includes Homemade Raspberry Jam Sourdough Doughnuts, with fresh, fruity raspberries and comforting vanilla, filled with raspberry jam and topped with vanilla glaze and freeze-dried raspberries. Priced at £29.95 for 6, and £49.95 for 12 from Crosstown.
Belvoir, Limited Edition Elderflower & Rose Cordial
Belvoir’s Elderflower & Rose Cordial is made to their traditional family recipe, crafted from masses of hand-picked elderflowers with rose petal extract for a delicately floral taste. The limited edition Mother’s Day bottle say’s Happy Mother’s Day on the label and with Love From on the label too, which makes it the perfect gift for Mum. Priced at £4 (500ml bottle), from Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Booths.
Category is: Cocktails, by David Dodge and David Orton with Prestel Publishing
If Mum’s a cocktail lover and a fan of Drag performers then this book is for her. The book is filled with sixty delicious, easy to make cocktails and zero-proof drinks, inspired by iconic drag queens. Learn how to make the ‘Donut Come For Me’, named after RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Kim Chi, or why not try a ‘Tingly Crangrarita’ made for UK drag queen Tayce. Each recipe is accompanied by a beautifully-rendered illustration and profile of the queen, king or non-binary performers who inspired them. Category Is: Cocktails! is packed with brilliant concoctions and deep-dive diva trivia. Priced at £12.99 from Waterstones, Amazon, Blackwell’s and more.
Non-alcoholic and Soft Drinks
Mariage Frères, UME CHA 2024 Tea
Luxury French tea purveyor Mariage Frères celebrates its 170th anniversary this year with the launch of vintage blue tea UME CHA 2024. Championing the French Art of Tea since 1854, Mariage Frères has launched this delicate blue tea with notes of blossoming plum trees. A comforting and silky tea with round, floral notes inspiring sweet reverie. Extraordinarily blue in colour when brewed, the loose-leaf tea is encased in a collectible cannister adorned with gold flakes. Priced at £28 per 80g tin, from Mariage Frères.
Belvoir, Brand New Lemonades
If you’re looking to switch up everyday hydration for something that’s lighter on sugar, contains nothing artificial and brings new flavour to savour, say hello to Belvoir Farm’s Sicilian Blood Orange Lemonade and Elderflower Lemonade. Destined to become your zestie besties this summer, they contain fewer than 20 calories per 100ml and come in smaller 500ml bottles (two serves) to keep handy in the fridge for an everyday treat without the sugar. Priced at £2 per bottle from Waitrose.
Alcoholic Drinks
SERVED, Pre-mixed Cocktails by Ellie Goulding
SERVED, the award-winning premixed cocktails brought to you by Ellie Goulding are the perfect fit for BBQ’s, summer drinks, and alfresco dining moments. These bar quality cocktails in a can are crafted with 100% natural ingredients, a double measure of premium spirit and real fruit to give an authentic but exquisitely refreshing flavour, setting them up to be the affordable luxury of 2024! With Mojito, Passionfruit Martini, Margarita, and Pina Colada offering some crowd-pleasing cocktail favourites, SERVED cocktails are also made with wonky fruit to help reduce food waste. They are also vegan, gluten-free and have no added sugar. Priced at £26 for a Taster Pack (8 x cans), from Served Drinks.
Don Julio, Blanco Tequila
Don Julio Blanco Tequila is made from the finest blue agave plant though a time-honoured distillation process. A smooth, fresh tasting tequila, Blanco is the heart and soul of Don Julio and the base for all their tequilas. Offering a crisp agave flavour and hints of citrus, this is tequila in its truest form. The spirit can be enjoyed in a variety of innovative cocktails. Priced at £47.85 from Amazon.
The Drinks Bureau Cocktails in Cans
Serving up seriously tasty cocktails in cans, party boxes and soon to add frozen cocktail pops to their collection. Made with premium quality ingredients, which are vegan and allergen free, their award-winning ready-to-drink cocktails taste like bar-made drinks without the faff and in fabulous little packs! Cocktails include Spicy Margarita, Passionfruit Martini, and Espresso Martini. Equally, new no and low cans have been added, which include Shirley Temple, non-alcoholic made with cherry, ginger, lemon and bitters. Also, Dirty Shirley is a 5% abv, with a moreish ginger zing! Keep any eye out for frozen cocktail pops in both G&T and Passionfruit Martini. Priced between £12 to £15 for 4 cans, from The Drinks Bureau.
Food
Häagen-Dazs, Limited Edition Vanilla Pint for Charity
The iconic Häagen-Dazs Vanilla pint undergoes a fresh new look to celebrate its iconic female founder, Rose Mattus and The Rose Project, with proceeds being donated to The Prince’s Trust Change a Girl’s Life campaign. Launched just in time for International Women’s Day it will have a fresh new look tub. Priced at £5.15 from Sainsbury’s.
Melora, Manuka Honey
The Manuka honey from Melora is harvested from New Zealand’s super plant and can be used in many dishes. Breakfast is the perfect time to add Melora’s Manuka Honey into your porridge, or have on your toast. It can even be added to hot drinks for both health reasons and to replace sugar. You can buy the Manuka Honey either as honey, or as flavoured honey, or even as lozenges to help fight colds and flu viruses. Priced from £7 for Honey, £12.50 for flavoured squeezy honey bottles, and £6.39 for lozenges, from Melora.
Jelly Belly Bubble Tea
Calling all bubble tea enthusiasts! Jelly Belly introduces the Bubble Tea Collection, the perfect blend of tea, tapioca and sweetness in jelly bean form. Hitting shelves this month, bubble tea buffs will soon be able to enjoy five unforgettable flavours inspired by the beloved beverage – Mango Milk Tea, Taro Milk Tea, Matcha Milk Tea, Strawberry Milk Tea, and Thai Milk Tea. Priced between £0.95 – £6.50, from Jelly Belly.
Exciting Food And Drink Round-Up – Words by Rachel McAlley
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