Holiday Season Gift Hampers: Guide To Pairing Winter Goodies With Cocktail Ingredients
The holiday gifting season is a heartwarming tradition that indicates gratitude and thankfulness towards every person present in someone's life. Giving a well-thought gift during this season can make someone's day special for sure.
Holiday gifting for cocktail enthusiasts and home mixologists can be tricky for people who are not into the hobby and only taking it up for holiday season hosting needs. Making a DIY gift hamper, which includes all the favourite ingredients a cocktail enthusiast can want as a recipient, as well as a choice of cupcakes, can be a good gift to make your host’s task easier.
Sweet treats and cocktail ingredients can be a great pairing for gourmet gifting sets. Winter goodies will also add a festive touch to their gifts, aligning them with the theme. Different kinds of flavoured honey, smoked essence, spices, syrup, dehydrated fruits, edible flowers, and everything special and seasonal during the winter season can elevate the gifting set.
One only needs to think about how to pair these two while knowing different ingredients that will help to make the gift more well-rounded. For starters, ingredients like different mixers and setups are common with spirit bases to give in cocktail kits, but what about winter goods? Get a look around at what to pair with cocktail kits as winter goods for better gifting.
What To Include In Holiday Gift Hampers?
Winter Garnishes
Different types of winter garnishes, such as cinnamon, star anise, orange peel, and dried cranberries, are some of the common choices to go by, which include the character of winter and are a classic cocktail or mocktail garnish. These garnishes can be great for mulled drinks or icy cold beverages, and they can easily be used to add visual appeal and aroma to the drink with subtle undertones.
Winter Veggies
Winter veggies have a rich flavour profile and can be incorporated into winter drinks in a variety of ways. Root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, and beets can be blended into smooth juices or mulled to add depth and sweetness. Kale and spinach can be used in juice mixes to offer a slightly earthy flavour that goes well with citrus or ginger-based beverages. Experimenting with drinks and seasonal vegetables can be a signature concept for mixologists and cocktail enthusiasts, making drinks with natural flavours for the colder months.
Nuts
It is important to know how to pair different kinds of ingredients while making a perfect kit. Having a complicated set of ingredients which is overwhelming in number will increase the confusion of the recipient while they receive the gift and use it. To reduce these confusions and keep the gift hamper lightweight and classic, one can go for multipurpose ingredients that can serve as a classic cocktail garnish or a winter goody for casual snacking. One such classic ingredient is different types of nuts, such as walnuts, cashews, raisins, and more.
Spiced Syrups
It is imperative to include the essentials of a cocktail, such as base spirits and syrups. Gifting spiced syrup in the hamper can help the person learn more about different cocktail mixers as well, and it will enable them to try the syrup from various other perspectives. This spiced syrup can be made alcoholic or non-alcoholic according to preference, with spices like cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and more.
Winter Berries
Winter berries are one of those garnishes or setups that cannot be left out when looking for holiday gift hampers. All the winter berries, including strawberries, raspberries, cherries, cranberries, blueberries, and mulberries, can be added to the hamper in various forms, such as dried, candied, frozen or fresh. Winter berries have a sweet aftertaste with a tangy flavour profile, which, when added to the drinks in the form of syrup, garnish, or juice, can elevate drinks.
These winter goods will not only serve as a perfect garnish for cocktails and mocktails but can also be used during urgent needs while making food or baking. Some can also be used as an individual snack during winter evenings to make it a handy and useful gift hamper.
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