Drinks

Slow-brewed coffees and drinks to linger over when the meal is done.

A tall glass of falooda on a pale stone table, showing its layers: deep pink rose syrup at the bottom, a band of soaked basil seeds in grey-white gel, a tangle of thin white noodles and pale pink milk streaked with syrup, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, chopped pistachios and slivered almonds, with a long spoon and dried rose petals beside it

Indian

Falooda: Rose Milk with Basil Seeds, Noodles and Ice Cream

2 tall glasses · 35 min

Two tall glasses of ruby-red Jamaican sorrel over ice with orange slices on the rims and a glass pitcher of sorrel behind, a white bowl of dried sorrel calyces, a knob of fresh ginger and whole pimento berries on the left, curls of orange peel and a slice of dark Christmas fruit cake on the right

Jamaican

Jamaican Sorrel: The Spiced Hibiscus Drink for Christmas

8 servings · 9 hr 25 min

Champurrado in two glazed terracotta clay cups, thick and deep chocolate brown under a fine froth, a drip running down the side of one cup, beside a wooden molinillo, two cinnamon sticks, a cone of piloncillo and wedges of Mexican chocolate, with orange marigolds behind

Mexican

Champurrado: Mexican Chocolate Atole Thickened with Masa

6 servings · 35 min

A hot hojicha latte in a speckled stoneware cup on its saucer, caramel brown under a swirl of milk foam and a wisp of steam, with small dishes of reddish-brown hojicha powder and roasted hojicha leaves and a bamboo tea whisk beside it

Japanese

Hojicha Latte: Roasted Green Tea Latte, Hot or Iced

1 serving · 10 min

A small glass of Vietnamese egg coffee standing in a white bowl of hot water, a thick dome of pale golden whipped egg cream over black coffee, a teaspoon in the bowl and a steel phin filter behind it, on weathered wood with a linen cloth

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Egg Coffee (Cà Phê Trứng), the Hanoi Classic

1 serving · 15 min

A tall glass of Vietnamese salt coffee, iced coffee under a thick layer of pale salted cream sprinkled with sea salt flakes, a steel phin filter and a small dish of flaky salt beside it, on weathered wood with a linen cloth

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Salt Coffee (Cà Phê Muối) with Salted Cream

1 serving · 10 min

Dark coffee dripping from a stainless steel phin filter into a short glass over a layer of sweetened condensed milk, a tall glass of Vietnamese iced coffee with ice and a spoon behind it, on weathered wood with a linen cloth

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Coffee with a Phin Filter (Cà Phê Sữa Đá)

1 serving · 10 min