Five delicious teas that are perfect for Autumn
Red leaves crunch underfoot, a brisk wind whips around your ears, days grow shorter, and the weather is cold and wet. Y...
Five delicious teas that are perfect for Autumn
Red leaves crunch underfoot, a brisk wind whips around your ears, days grow shorter, and the weather is cold and wet. Y...
Five delicious teas that are perfect for Autumn
Red leaves crunch underfoot, a brisk wind whips around your ears, days grow shorter, and the weather is cold and wet. Yes, it’s time to dig out your cardigans and warmer coats because autumn has arrived.
Slow Coffee: Our Favourite Brewing Methods
Embracing slow coffee can transform the way you enjoy your favourite brew every day. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of slow coffee or are looking for the best way to brew your coffee at home, here are the three different slow coffee methods that we love.
How to Make Better Coffee at Home
Enjoying a delicious cup of coffee in the comfort of your own home is surely one of life’s simplest pleasures. However, people often don’t treat coffee with the respect it deserves, relying on instant, capsule or pre-ground coffees that just don’t hit the spot. Luckily, with the Bodum® range of premium coffee products, there is no need to skimp on great taste or style, so long as you get the basics right.Here’s our guide to making better coffee at home.
The next time you’re enjoying a pampering session, be sure to make a pot of tea. As well as being a delightful beverage, tea can have numerous benefits for your skin. It’s a wonderful companion for facemasks, cleansers, moisturisers and other skincare products.
You could drink some of the tea you make and let the rest cool. Dip a cotton pad in the cooled liquid and apply it to your skin. You’ll soon feel rejuvenated and radiant.
You’ve made the most of a relaxing summer vacation, but now autumn is approaching and your thoughts are turning towards success with your studies or job.
Establishing a morning routine that’s easy to follow and enjoyable will make your whole day run more smoothly. It’ll also help you to beat the back-to-school or back-to-work blues, and lift your spirits.
Here are our top tips for making mornings work for you.
The renowned natural historian Sir David Attenborough recently brought the importance of living more sustainably sharply into focus when his documentary series Blue Planet II was shown in the US, UK and elsewhere. Viewers were shocked to see plastic rubbish polluting the Earth’s waters and endangering the extraordinary creatures that call them home. As the programme pointed out, there may be more plastic in the oceans than fish by 2050, unless people everywhere take steps to reduce environmental damage.
The planet is incredibly precious but increasingly being put under pressure due to plastic pollution and other vast, man-made problems. Attenborough’s well-known passion for protecting not only the oceans but every part of the natural world strikes a chord with us at Bodum®. Treating the environment with respect and helping you to develop a more eco-friendly lifestyle is at the heart of everything we do. Make taste, not waste– that’s our motto, and it defines our approach to the way we live and work.
Sustainability (that is, looking after the planet’s resources, using them wisely and living in harmony with the environment) has surely never been more important than it is now. The scale of today’s environmental issues may seem overwhelming. However, any positive changes individuals make to their daily lives can, when considered collectively, make a huge difference.
This summer, create an outstanding drinks menu for your outdoor events by whipping up our chic chilled coffees. Both the iced coffee soda and iced coffee & orange dream are perfect for pool parties, BBQs in the great outdoors and al fresco dining. They’re sophisticated enough to impress your guests yet can be made in minutes.
The beauty of these refreshing coffee creations is that they give soft drinks an elegant, grown-up edge. Why serve an ordinary glass of soda or orange juice when you can blend those ingredients with delicious coffee to make extraordinary beverages instead? Sip an iced coffee soda or iced coffee & orange dream to feel reinvigorated while keeping a clear head (that’s particularly helpful when you want to be an attentive host or hostess).
Coffee sodas are increasingly fashionable – they’ve even been discussed by Vogue magazine. For our iced coffee soda recipe, you can choose between punchy espresso (resulting in ‘espressoda’!) and smooth cold brew. It’s easy to brew coffee like a pro with our sleek Chambord® Espresso Maker or Bean Cold Brew Coffee Maker. We recommend club soda: it has a richer mineral content than standard carbonated water, which enhances its taste and effervescence, making it essential to superb sparkling coffee.
For a chilled coffee creation that’s part drink, part dessert, try the iced coffee & orange dream recipe. It’s particularly well suited to tropical-themed celebrations, and really captures summer’s spirit of fun. Coffee and orange might strike you as an unusual combination until you realise that coffee beans derive from a fruit, the coffee cherry. Put your preferred coffee maker into action, pick up a couple of juicy oranges and you’ll soon be sipping an unforgettable treat!
When decorating the drink, you’ll find that the chocolaty flavour of hazelnuts, as well as cookies made with chocolate chips, will complement the taste of both coffee and orange.
For best results on particularly hot days, chill the glasses in which you’ll serve these delicious coffee-based beverages in your refrigerator before use.
Enjoy!
At the height of summer, pool parties are at the height of their popularity. Perhaps you’re fortunate enough to have your own swimming pool at home (like more than 10 million householders in the US) or are making the most of a luxury villa’s stunning facilities on vacation. Float along on a lilo, recline on a sun-lounger or splash about playing pool games. Make wonderful memories with loved ones as you sip chilled drinks and chill out. There can be few more enjoyable ways to spend a sun-drenched afternoon or warm, moonlit evening.
Summer’s arrival means that it’s time to head outside and bask in the sunshine! There’s so much to look forward to, from glamorous wedding receptions to quiet days in the park.
The next time you’re hosting an elegant event, such as a summer garden party or candlelit supper, why not serve coffee martinis after your guests have dined? Coffee’s richness and vodka’s tang are tempered by the sweetness of coffee liqueur in these chilled alcoholic treats, which not only stimulate witty repartee but also score highly in the style stakes.
Our coffee martini recipes are exciting alternatives to the well-known vodka martini (itself a variation on a classic drink, the gin martini). For your coffee cocktail, will you choose smooth cold brew or its bolder cousin, espresso? You can easily achieve the perfect strength and flavour with our Bean Cold Brew Coffee Maker (which benefits from the French press brewing system) or Chambord® Stovetop Espresso Maker (more stylish and simpler to use than an espresso machine).
Superb coffee shines alongside premium vodka, such as Grey Goose. Both work well with the sweet notes in Kahlúa coffee liqueur, but feel free to experiment with different brands. As with all alcoholic beverages, please enjoy coffee cocktails in moderation.
Food and drink resource The Spruce Eats has tips for shaking cocktails properly. You’ll find that preparing a cold brew martini or espresso martini is almost as reinvigorating as sipping one. Grab a cocktail shaker and let off some steam as you mix the ingredients!
Five delicious teas that are perfect for Autumn
Red leaves crunch underfoot, a brisk wind whips around your ears, days grow shorter, and the weather is cold and wet. Yes, it’s time to dig out your cardigans and warmer coats because autumn has arrived.
Slow Coffee: Our Favourite Brewing Methods
Embracing slow coffee can transform the way you enjoy your favourite brew every day. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of slow coffee or are looking for the best way to brew your coffee at home, here are the three different slow coffee methods that we love.
How to Make Better Coffee at Home
Enjoying a delicious cup of coffee in the comfort of your own home is surely one of life’s simplest pleasures. However, people often don’t treat coffee with the respect it deserves, relying on instant, capsule or pre-ground coffees that just don’t hit the spot. Luckily, with the Bodum® range of premium coffee products, there is no need to skimp on great taste or style, so long as you get the basics right.Here’s our guide to making better coffee at home.