I tried the Caramel Nutcracker Latte and the Berry Red Velvet Mini Loaf from Costa Coffee's Christmas 2024 range.
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00:00Hi, I'm Holly Alton, a food and drink writer for National World.
00:03Today I'm going to be taste testing two items that are part of Costa Coffee's Christmas 2024 menu.
00:10Costa Coffee has launched its brand new Christmas 2024 menu today, Thursday November 7th
00:17and I am so excited to get into what they have for us.
00:21The brand new menu features returning and brand new hot drinks, cold drinks,
00:26as well as sweet treats and sandwiches among many more things.
00:31Today I visited my local Costa to take a look at what is on offer
00:35and picked out some of the things that caught my eye to try at home.
00:39My favourite coffee order is a latte.
00:41However, I always love to add in caramel syrup.
00:43So really when I go to order a coffee, I'll tend to go for a caramel latte.
00:47But when there's a festive drink there or anything sort of brand new and unique, I always love to try it.
00:53So the caramel nutcracker latte I thought would be perfect for me.
00:57And here it is.
00:59So before I actually go in to taste it and see if it's as good as it sounds,
01:03I want to first talk about the cups.
01:05I absolutely love Christmas and I love it when brands get involved with the festivities
01:10by releasing special edition, not only drinks and food, but even the cups and things like that.
01:17It just makes me so excited.
01:19So here you can see Costa's brand new Christmas cups, which I think are absolutely stunning.
01:26So featured on the design of the cup is Costa's recognisable logo,
01:30as well as its red colour in the background.
01:34But it also has snow, stars and all that sort of Christmas magic.
01:41My favourite thing on the design of the brand new Christmas cups at Costa Coffee
01:46is this cute image of a couple ice skating, which is just really adorable
01:51and really just tells the story of the magic of Christmas.
01:55So loving the brand new design for Christmas.
01:58So let's go in for the taste to see what the caramel nutcracker latte is actually like.
02:05That is lovely. It does definitely taste as good as it sounds.
02:09So you've got the latte notes of the creamy milk and all of that.
02:13It's really smooth. You can definitely taste the caramel quite prominently,
02:16which is something I really wanted to taste.
02:19And of course, with the nutcracker name, it has lots of nutty notes as well.
02:24And yeah, I think that's a great drink and definitely one I would purchase again
02:29if it returns next Christmas or throughout the Christmas season anyway.
02:32Also, if you are a fan of this drink, they have also launched a cake version of it
02:37so you can get a caramel nutcracker cake.
02:40I have yet to try that as another cake caught my eye, which I'll get into in a second.
02:45But yeah, I think that given how much I like the taste of this,
02:49I would definitely enjoy the cake as well.
02:51Okay, so speaking of cake, I couldn't resist picking up one of the brand new cakes
02:56that Costa Coffee has launched as part of its Christmas 2024 menu.
03:00And although I was tempted to try the caramel nutcracker cake
03:03to go alongside my caramel nutcracker latte,
03:06what actually caught my eye was the brand new Berry Red Velvet Mini Loaf.
03:11I love red velvet.
03:13But what actually really drew me to this cake was how Christmassy it looked.
03:17So I'm going to get it out of the paper and show it.
03:20So here it is. It's nice and small, but I assume it's going to be really sweet and filling.
03:25But why I thought it was so cute was the cute holly berry leaf design that it has,
03:31which just screams Christmas.
03:33And even the little wrapping of the red, white and green, it's just adorable
03:38and it's really getting me in the Christmas spirit.
03:40But I think it looks delicious as well.
03:42So let's go in with a taste.
03:47If you love red velvet, this will for sure be an instant hit with you.
03:51But what I've never had in a red velvet cake, which this has, is a gooey inside.
03:56And I absolutely love it.
03:58Very delicious, very sweet.
04:00This is actually perfect as I don't think I could eat anything bigger than this.
04:04But yeah, great Christmas edition.
04:06I'm going to take a sip of my latte to see if the two different tastes complement each other
04:10or if it's a bit weird.
04:12No, that's still really nice, which just shows that you don't have to get something that is similar to your coffee.
04:18You can get two different things because the two tastes, even though slightly different,
04:25caramel nutcracker and berry red velvet,
04:29very different things but complement each other really well,
04:32which just shows you can mix and match, try a few different things.
04:35So overall, I'd say Custard Coffee has done Christmas excellently this year
04:40with their brand new launches of hot drinks, sweets and savoury food as well.
04:46Take a trip down, check it out, see what you guys think.
04:49But for me, it's definitely a thumbs up.