Out of nothing more than curiosity, I decided to search for both "Christmas Coffee" and "Christmas Tea". I was astounded by number of results; more than 7 million for "Christmas Coffee" and more than a million for "Christmas Tea". I never would have thought about either had I not been thinking about getting a late-night cup of coffee and that's it's nearly Christmas day (within the hour).

Christmas Coffee Recipes

No, I'm not going to repeat the recipes I saw. You can see some hot Christmas coffee recipes for yourself. As I examined the recipes, I realized I would never be able to use any of them here in the Philippines without alteration.

Some ingredients I probably wouldn't be able to find: Apple-flavored syrup, cinnamon-flavored syrup, and Sterling Moon coffee (I've never even heard of it). Of the ingredients I probably could find, they wouldn't be exactly the same as the recipes called for. It's kind of irritating to know this without going into any of the local markets. I could probably find most of exact ingredients in Manila, but I'm not taking a trip like that for something like this. I value what's left of my hair.

[Update: I found some spiked coffee recipes that I think I'm going to try by replacing ingredients I can't get with something else.]

Christmas Tea Recipes

I actually found some Christmas tea recipes, but I couldn't read them without feeling ill. The recipes called for cinnamon sticks, cloves, juices, wine and fruit. I can only take my tea with a little sugar and that's about it. I don't like it real sweet when it's iced tea and I don't like any sugar at all in hot tea.

So, what I'm finding are either recipes or specialty gift items. Maybe I shouldn't have wasted my time. I like my coffee hot and black, with a little sugar when it's strong and without sugar when it's weak and as I just said, I like my tea pretty much the same way.

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