Spices can turn a simple drink into something extraordinary. The unique flavors derived from the seeds, barks, nuts and flowers of plants can bring a whole new world of taste into otherwise typical alcohol mixes.

This Christmas, why not infuse your party cocktails with different spices and give your holiday guests a treat they won’t soon forget? You can experiment with the variety of spices you have stocked inside your kitchen cabinets or try one of these spicy Christmas drinks we guarantee will warm you up with an explosion of taste.

Winter Cold

This clear drink is a strong and tasty martini. You can slice a sweet candy and place it in the rim of the glass to both turn up a better looking drink and add a hint of sugar to the concoction. To make it, simply mix an ounce of vodka (Polar Ice works great), ginger ale and ice cubes in a blender and run it to slush.

Spicy Pear Cachaca

This one’s an English drink based on traditional winter flavors that will require a little preparation. To make it, you’ll need a bottle of unaged Abelha Cachaca Silver, one pear (skinned and cut), a helping of cinnamon (half a stick should do), grated ginger about two teaspoonfuls, ten clove seeds and a dash of grated nutmeg (just a small amount).

Cachaca is a strong Brazilian brandy that is distilled from sugarcane. The most popular distilled alcohol in Brazil, Cachaca tastes like a cross between tequila and rum.

To make a Spicy Pear Cachaca, put all the ingredients together in a jug and let it sit at room temperature to let the flavors infuse into the cachaca. One to two weeks of leaving it in should be enough to create an amazingly tasty drink. Leave it on for four weeks and you’ll have a cachaca cocktail ready to envelop your taste buds.