10 of the Best Christmas Coffees in the UK for 2026 and Where to Try Them

COUNTRYLOOK FOOD & DRINK · CHRISTMAS 2026

Pine-needle soda, panettone lattes and a little miso caramel. Ten coffee orders from eight businesses doing something interesting with the winter menu.

I thought the most difficult decision would be choosing between gingerbread and chocolate orange. Then pine-needle soda appeared on a coffee menu. A little further into the search came homemade miso caramel, and suddenly the usual Christmas order felt much less inevitable.

That is what I want from a festive coffee: something with enough thought behind it to make the stop worthwhile. It might borrow an idea from the pudding trolley, turn coffee into a sparkling drink or give a familiar latte an ingredient you would normally expect to find in the kitchen.