Christmas is just around the corner, and here at Red Rickshaw, we’re busy getting ready for the big day! Whether you’re looking to take a load off and make those tricky treats more simple, or perhaps looking to get more experimental in the kitchen this festive season, we have put together some handy essentials that you won’t want to miss!

If, like us, you don’t feel like the festive season is quite in full swing until you’ve had your first soul-warming glug of mulled wine, then look no further. Why not stir things up a little this year by making your own mulled wine, made by you, for you.  

Originating in Southern China, Cassia Bark is cinnamon’s cousin, it is delicately sweet but deeply aromatic – a key ingredient for all mulled wine. Also included in our Essentials and originating from southern China is Star Aniseed, this beautiful spice packs a serious punch combining liquorice and pepper to give a pungent flavour. Just one or two dried flowers should be enough to have your mulled wine singing with flavour. Lastly, but by no means least, our Mulled Wine Essentials comes with whole cloves; the dried flower bud from the clove tree, each fragrant clove will deepen the flavour of your mulled wine with a woody and spicy aroma that can’t be replicated.