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Hot Drinks

Yaupon Tea

The mellow-buzz brew that once fueled Native Americans is making a comeback.

The hot ale flip is made with a red hot poker.

Podcast: The Hot Ale Flip

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team November 11, 2021

A Pharmacist works the soda fountain at the Clayton & Edward Chemists and Pharmacy in New York City, circa 1948.

Remembering America's Golden Age of Hot Sodas

Drink like a Prohibition-era teen with recipes for the Hot Cherry Egg Bounce and Hot Egg Lime Juice Fizz.

Jeri Quinzio March 10, 2021

Ponche Navideño is now far easier to make in the U.S.

This Christmas Punch Requires a Formerly Forbidden Fruit

Importing golden tejocotes to the U.S. is finally legal.

Anne Ewbank December 21, 2020

The cocktail is warm, hearty, and festive.

This 19th-Century Cocktail Still Fights Cold Nights in the Midwest

The Tom and Jerry is a Christmas staple.

Rohini Chaki December 10, 2020

Cafe Pho Co

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

East Molesey, England

Chocolate Kitchen at Hampton Court Palace

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

Maska Bun and Irani Chai at New Irani

Behind a bare-bones concrete exterior and amid crumbling walls, a cafe serves what may be Ahmedabad's sweetest buns.

London, England

Algerian Coffee Stores

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Lithuanian Acorn Coffee

Ground nuts provide the base for this warm, caffeine-free drink.

This chocolate tea was made from cocoa that was wild-crafted and traditionally prepared by small-scale farmers in Portland Parish, Northeast Jamaica.

Chocolate Tea

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.

Drink it while it's hot!

Hriatô

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

Kaffeost

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

Café Touba

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

Scandinavian Egg Coffee

When faced with less-than-optimal ingredients, Swedes and Norwegians once clarified their brews with eggs.

Barraquito

This Canary Islands' specialty upgrades coffee with layers of condensed milk and liqueur.

Pu'er

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

Postum

This wheat-based coffee alternative has a cult following.