Instead of using sugar in your tea, dissolve old-fashioned lemon drops or hard mint candy in the brew. They melt quickly and give the tea a clean tangy flavour.

The flavour of tea can be enhanced by placing a thoroughly dried orange peel in the tea tin.

Leftover apple, orange or lemon rind can be put in your tea. It adds flavour and aroma.

If you have used the seeds of Cardamom for something DO not throw away the skin of cardamom instead put them in the teabox and your tea will start having the flavor of cardamom.

The flavour of ground coffee will keep better if you store opened coffee in tightly-covered container in the refrigerator.

If you use some form of purified water, coffee will taste better and the life of your coffee maker will be prolonged.

To add flavour to coffee, add vanilla or almond extract to the water as the coffee brews.

Cool leftover coffee immediately, cover with tight lid and refrigerate. It warms up beautifully in the microwave.

Freeze leftover coffee in ice-cube trays. The cubes can be used in milk or eggnog. Coffee cubes are also great to place in too-hot coffee.

Scum won't form on the top of hot chocolate if you beat the drink until frothy immediately after preparation.

When entertaining, serve hot cider and other hot drinks from a slow cooker on a low setting. This way, the liquid will remain warm as long as you wish.

Use canning funnels to fill a thermos bottle without spills.

Use powdered skim milk in tea and coffee instead of edible oil products.