We might not have had Halloween yet, but Christmas is just around the corner - and this year’s seasonal coffee cups and festive menus are about to start coming your way.
First up is Costa. The coffee chain has not only announced its festive takeaway cups, but a brand new food menu *and* some fancy new Christmas drinks. Because what is Christmas without a Costa Coffee Christmas Cup, full of something delicious?
Let's discuss the Christmas drinks, shall we? Costa announced three new hot drinks: the Quality Street Purple One Latte (a Latte with a rich caramel chocolate sauce and roasted hazelnut syrup); an After Eight Hot Chocolate (with a festive splash of cool peppermint syrup) and Terry’s Chocolate Orange Hot Chocolate (flavoured with a specially created orange syrup). THESE SOUND INCREDIBLE.
Other returning favourites include the Irish Velvet Frostino, an indulgent creamy drink, the Black Forest Chocolate Frostino, a sweet cherry and velvety chocolate cold drink and Hot Spiced Apple, a flawless and fresh winter warmer.
As for the Christmas cups, this year’s feature FIVE new limited-edition designs, inspired by finding joy in the big and little moments. The cup designs feature:
- The Rabbit and the Gingerbread Man posting their letter to Father Christmas (Mini)
- The Gingerbread Man and Penguin are readying the festive decorations (Small)
- The Polar Bear and the Penguin find the perfect tree (Medium)
- The Rabbits build and decorate a majestic Snowman (Medium)
- The Foxes merrily dance with gifts (Large)
The limited-edition Costa Coffee Christmas cups are fully recyclable, and also so cute!
New to the menu is the Lobster Toastie, made with lobster, a rich béchamel sauce and cheese, and the new Vegan Turkee, Cranberry & Stuffing Bloomer Toastie - a vegan alternative to a Christmas lunch. Also joining the line up is a British Pork & Bramley Apple Sausage roll, the British Turkey & The Trimmings Toastie.
Look out for the return of the Terry’s Chocolate Orange Muffin, filled with chocolate orange sauce, and finished off with a segment of chocolate orange on top, as well as a new Lotus Biscoff Cheezecake. Made with a Lotus Biscoff biscuit base, layer of velvety vegan cheese and finished with Biscoff spread and crumb.
There's also a new Rich Chocolate & Hazelnut Shimmer Cake and the delicious After-Eight Muffin - a scrumptious chocolate muffin filled with a peppermint flavoured sauce, topped with white icing and finished with an iconic After Eight chocolate.
Elsewhere, the new Jammin’ in the Chimney Cake, a light vanilla sponge injected with a sweet raspberry sauce, topped with white icing and a piped sugar decorative topper showing ‘Santa’s legs’ going down the chimney .
The new Christmas cups and festive menu are available across Costa Coffee stores nationwide from Tuesday 3rd November 2020.
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