10 Must-Try Christmas Drinks For The Festive Season

Christmas carols, holiday lights, spending time with your nearest and dearest… there’s a lot to love about the season—including indulging in festive drinks. Chock-full of spices, bursting with minty goodness… Here are some of the concoctions dreamed up by our favourite cafes that we will be sipping on till the year is over.

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Atlas Coffeehouse

The cafe’s Christmas Mudslide is a festive treat for the senses. Who can resist a description that reads: “A rich and frothy milk coffee, topped with buttery cream foam & feuilletine flakes, served with our house made Seasalt Chocolate Brookie”? Not us. Photo: Instagram

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Atlas Coffeehouse

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Sip on the Winter Dream Tea Latte and you can almost hear the sleigh bells ringing. There’s also the Double Strawberry Chocolate Latte/Ice Blended, Red Velvet Mocha/Ice Blended and Peppermint Mocha Latte/Ice Blended. Photo: Instagram

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The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Costa Coffee

There’s something to delight everyone with the coffee chain’s festive offerings, from Black Forest Hot Chocolate to Salted Caramel Cappuccino. Photo: Instagram

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Costa Coffee

Old Hen Coffee Bar

No coffee for you? No worries, Old Hen Coffee’s Peppermint Cocoa is back for a limited time only. Photo: Instagram

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Old Hen Coffee Bar

Oriole Coffee + Bar

Hot or cold, spiced or sweet, there’s something for everyone at Oriole Coffee with Orange Spice Chocolate made with single origin Valrhona chocolate, and flavoured with spices and orange zest; Grinch Frappe and Gingerbread Latte. Photo: Instagram

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Oriole Coffee + Bar

Percolate Coffee

A perennial festive favourite flavour, Eastsiders can cosy up to Percolate’s Peppermint Mocha. Photo: Instagram

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Percolate Coffee

Starbucks

What list of Christmas beverages would be complete without Starbucks? Toffee Nut Crunch and Peppermint Mocha are back, this time joined by Vanilla Nougat and Christmas Tree Dark Mocha (which we’ve heard is now sold out at certain outlets). Photo: Instagram

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Starbucks

The Affogato Bar

The Affogato Bar’s Christmas menu is overflowing with warm and toasty delights, including hot chocolate infused with tea, Gabana Cocoa (soursop chocolate) and the Lady Claret, with cherry, white chocolate and rum-infused espresso. Photo: Instagram

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The Affogato Bar

The Coffee Academics

Head to The Coffee Academics for a seasonal twist on an Instagram favourite: Christmas in a Cone, and more tasty offerings including the Toasted S’mores Latte, served with biscuit bits and toasted marshmallows. Photo: Instagram

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The Coffee Academics

Wheeler's Yard

Pumpkin Spice Latte lives on this Christmas at Wheeler’s Yard, along with their Choco Mint Milkshake. Photo: Instagram

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Wheeler's Yard