Cool Chile Co. It's just like having your own bartender in your home!

Everyone likes the ideas of providing some really good cocktails at their Christmas and New Year's Eve parties.

But when someone asks for a "proper" Margarita, what exactly does that mean?

And do they want a sweet one? Or Not?

Have no fear, folks! The Cool Chile Co (the UK's top supplier of Mexican cooking supplies) can step in and help you to produce two of the best type of Margaritas that you will ever have tasted, and it's going to be one of the easiest things you have ever done.

Firstly, take your packet of specially selected and specially blended packet of spices, seasoning and salt.

Place some of the powder into a saucer, we the rim of your glass with a cut lime and then place the inverted Margarita glass into the powder, then remove your glass from the powder and carefully add your drink into the glass and serve your instantly authentic and delicious Margarita!

There are two type available, the Salty Chilli Margarita Rim and the Sweet Hibiscus Margarita Rim.

Why not provide both for your guests to see which they prefer?

They come in attractive tins so will make an ideal gift for the cocktail lover in your life.

They cost £3.50 a tin.

You can learn more about them at www.coolchile.co.uk.

Sugru is an ideal gift for the crafters in your life

Sometimes, people can be quite difficult to buy presents for. Especially the creative folks in your life.

That's Christmas has found an ideal item for a Christmas gift for the crafters in your life.

It is Sugru which is a special mouldable glue, and which is now available in special limited edition Silver Grey and five awesome new colours varieties, specially for Christmas.

What can crafters do with Sugru? They can stick it permanently to lots of different surfaces. Such as glass, metal, wood and most plastics and even some fabrics, too.

But that's only the first stage. At the second stage they will be able to shape it to build up, make, seal or repair. Or even stick things together.

At the third stage they can give it 24 hours and, guess what? At the end of the 24 hour period, Sugru turns into a durable and flexible silicone rubber compound that stays exactly where  they left it. Or at least, until they decide to remove it.

Sugru comes in handy resealable pocket sized tins and was invented by Jane and is made in the UK "with science and love."

To learn more about this amazing product you can visit www.sugru.com.

Looking for a cheeky little stocking filler? Then M. T. Books can help you!

If you are looking for a cheeky little stocking filler of a present, then British-based publisher M. T. Books will be able to help you.

M. T. Books has a growing catalogue of books on a wide range of subjects.

Subjects covered include:

Good Reasons to Support Chelsea, The Integrity of Piers Morgan, The Point of Katie Hopkins,  Everything The Scots Love About the English, Manchester United: The Trophy Cabinet Story 2014-50 and The Wit and Wisdom of Jeremy Clarkson.

And when your friend or colleague opens the book, well, let's just hope that they get as good a laugh out of the 'contents' of the book as you did when you chose it for them!

They are available via Amazon and at £3.99 each, make a novel conversation piece and a spiffy stocking filler!

Re'al is real gourmet Cream of Coconut

There's absolutely no doubt about it, Re'al is really and genuinely a real gourmet cream of coconut.

It's smooth and it's got that real and genuine taste that one can only get from hand picked tropical coconuts.

If you can resist eating it with a spoon straight out of the easy serve squeezable container, what can you do with it?

Just about anything you'd want to, really.

It's going to make a great standby for all of your coconut cream-based cocktail drinks.

It helps you prepare the ultimate in Pina Coladas, the best ever Coconut Daiquiri and a really good Coconut Mojito.

You can use it not only in your cocktails but as a cooking ingredient and a sauce to pour on ice cream and so much more.

And don't forget, there are eight other flavours, too! Blueberry, Peach, Mango, Raspberry, Strawberry, Pumpkin, Blue Agave Nectar and Ginger Purées.

Just visit http://realingredients.com to learn more.

Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin

For people who think that all gins are the same, I hope that over the years, That's Christmas and our sister publication/site, That's Food and Drink has been able to bring you some rather special gins that might, hopefully, change your opinions of gin.

One such of these very special gins is Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin.

Although it describes itself as a London Dry Gin (and there's nothing wrong with a London dry Gin) Ophir Oriental Spiced Gin is far, far more than a London Dry Gin.

It is cunningly and lovingly crafted using a range of some very special botanicals  from the ancient spice route travelled by the likes of Marco Polo all those centuries ago.

So, what spices are actually used in this very special Oriental gin?

There is Cubebs (or tailed peppers) from Indonesia, Black Pepper from India and Coriander from Morocco.

Hand-picked, we are informed, to create a unique spiced gin.

And, yes, that description is right. It is unique and it is spiced.

What does it take like?

Like no other gin I have ever tasted, to be honest. And I mean that in a good, positive way.

The aroma is like when you open the doors of one of those secretive yet exciting spice shops that you find in parts of our major cities. It reminds me also of my wife's recipe for rice pudding, which, being an old family recipe from her Indian family, contains Coriander.)

So, we have established that it smells nice. What does it taste like?

There's an undercurrent of the two types of peppers, in the taste. But the predominant flavour is that of the Coriander. But it's not too strong, the balance between the different flavours is just right.

You really should give your Christmas guests a special treat this year and have a bottle of Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin in your drinks cabinet.

Served neat, or as part of a vastly different gin-based cocktail, Opihr will make you the talking point of your circle of friends and your family for some time to come.

http://opihr.com/

Got a gift to parcel up? Scotch will help you get it taped

It's all very well buying all the gifts for everyone, but what are you going to do when the time comes to giftwrap them?

Well, using giftwrap paper that you bought a year or so back might work. Just. But that cheap tape you bought a couple of years ago? You might as well put it in with the recycling, because its sticky has all gone away!

So, what to do? What to do?

Get down to your nearest stationary store (or your favourite on line retailer) and get yourself a whole load of Scotch tapes from those incredibly cleaver people at 3M!

From tape dispensers shaped like a cute little puppy dog to really nifty pop-up handband tape dispensers (so you can in effect have three hands when you are wrapping up the Christmas presents!

I mean, how cool is that?!

3M and Scotch they really do have it taped, don't they?

Tyrell's go Ho Ho ho for Christmas

Yes, Tyrell's have gone all seasonal, with the launch of some Deep and Crisp and Even crisps.

Called Merry Crisp-Mas, they are made using red and white potatoes which are served up with just the right amount of real sea salt. Enough to tickle your tastebuds but not enough to make you too thirsty.

And being Tyrell's Crisps you know that the potatoes were properly sourced (sauced, even? Sorry, so very sorry about that!)  and then lovingly and carefully hand cooked and carefully packed (with cute photos to give you a bit of a laugh, too!) and sent on their way to you to enjoy.

They are also vegan friendly (no vegans were harmed in the creation of these crisps)  and a 150g bag should cost you about £2.19.

They'll be ideal for the crisp bowl at your next party, so do put them on the shopping list before you forget.