A hot cuppa, some good company, and the rains... isn’t that a perfect mood-maker? We get you a list of tea, coffee and beverages that make for amazing hot sips this season. Make notes!
Monsoon Burst at Drunken Teddy: This pub on Chowringhee serves Earl Grey infused with homemade spice bitter. Chai lover’s will love this sip for sure.
Peppermint Hot Chocolate at Pinkk Sugars: This Salt Lake pink-themed cafe serves an intense dark chocolate paired with mint, for a great balance of nutty, fresh and toasty flavours. We love the candy cane garnish.
(l-r) Smoked Caramel Cappucino at Marbella’s, Unspiked Hot Toddy at LMNO_Q
Smoked Caramel Cappucino at Marbella’s: Available at both Elgin and Hindustan Park outlets, this is a bittersweet symphony of single origin Arabica coffee and homemade caramel sauce in your cappuccino to bring out a flavour that is unique.
Unspiked Hot Toddy at LMNO_Q: A spiced and warm drink with a tinge of orange. Sip on this comforting drink while watching the raindrops from the Park Street lounge.
Baklava Latte at Poach Kitchen: This South Calcuta cafe takes you on a trip to the Middle East with its rose, honey, cardamom and flaky pastry-based Baklava Latte. A looker of a sip for sure.
Pick Me Up Toddy at Lord of The Drinks: Hot water and honey infused ingredients such as cloves, a lemon slice or cinnamon with a hint of ginger and green pepper is a great drink to nurse if you’re someone that’s slightly under the weather.
Layer of Clouds at Raasta: Sit back, relax at the Park Street lounge and sip the mocktail made of cinnamon-infused hot jaggery tea and malic acid to. A touch of magic, we say.
An Irish Man Illusion at Soba Sassy: This Oriental fine dine on Ho Chi Minh Sarani serves quite the mocktail that is a fusion of flavours and will warm you up on a rainy day. It consists of a combination of brown sugar and toasted almond syrup mixed with hot coffee. The drink is topped off with a heavenly cardamom and Tonka beansflavoured whipped cream, giving it a unique twist. For the finishing touch, it is garnished with a sprinkle of chocolate and coffee dust.
Burma Burma Tea Blend at Burma Burma: The signature blend at the Park Street Burmese fine dine is one of a kind and filled with surprising layers. Made with handpicked premium white tea, the burst of flavours you experience are well complemented by a perfect balance of natural and delicate aromas of peaches and oranges.
Russian Spirits Tea at Milee Droog Cafe and Bistro: The black tea leaf variety, with the addition of Ivan Tea, raspberries, black currants, sea buckthorn, lingonberry leaves, sagan-dail sprigs, pieces of Chaga, ginseng, calendula petals and immortelle inflorescences, is a perfect monsoon sip at the South Calcutta cafe and bistro.
Tiramisu Cappucino at Bunaphile: The quaint Hindustan Park cafe serves a tiramisuinspired hot coffee that’s laden with strong coffee notes along with hints of mascarpone.