Food & Beverages
Tartans have been designed for favourite treats - beverages and signature foods.
Click any picture to navigate to the page of interest for more information about this tartan or its associated day.
Green Tea
Jan 12
Hot Tea Month
Cheese and Crackers
Jan 20
Cheese Day
Black Forest Cake
Jan 27
Chocolate Cake Day
Café au Lait
Feb 17
Café au Lait Day
By designer Carol A.L. Martin
Hint o' Mint
Feb 19
Chocolate Mint Day
The Green Fairy
Mar 5
Absinthe Day
Marmalade, My Toast is Calling
Apr 26
Marmalade Days
Irn Bru
May 6
Beverage Day
Tarbh Deargh (Red Bull)
May 6
Beverage Day
Coca Cola
May 8
Have a Coke Day
Scotch Whisky 1494
May 16
World Whisky Weekend
The Angel's Share
May 16
World Whisky Weekend
Cool as a Cucumber
May 30
Mint Julep Day
Blue Cheese
Jun 4
Cheese Day
Juniper
Jun 13
Gin Day
Whiskey & Bourbon
Jun 14
Bourbon Day
Wasabi
Jun 18
Sushi Day
Blue Lemon Martini
Jun 19
Martini Day
Vanilla Cream Tea
Jun 26
Cream Tea Day
Blueberry Muffin
Jul 11
Muffin Day
Ice Cream
Jul 20
Ice Cream Day
by designer Carol A.L. Martin
Cowtown
Jul 27
Cowboy Day
Crème brûlée
Jul 27
Crème brûlée Day
Jacobite Old
Jul 27
Battle of Killiecrankie
Scotch Whisky
Jul 27
Scotch Day
The Mead of Poetry
Aug 1
Mead Day
Champagne Celebration
Aug 4
Champagne Day
Milk and Cookies
Aug 4
Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Assam
Aug 11
Afternoon Tea Week
Rose Tea
Aug 12
Afternoon Tea Week
Gelato
Aug 21
Spumoni Day
Peaches
Aug 24
Peaches Day
Blackberry
Sep 12
Blackberry Day
Bull-dog Sauce
Sep 26
Condiment Month
Strong Brew
Oct 1
International Coffee Day
Oatmeal in a Blue Bowl
Oct 10
World Porridge Day
Berry Patch
Oct 11
Old Michaelmas
Drambuie Hunting
Oct 16
Liqueur Day
Arbroath Smokie
Oct 19
Smokehouse Day
Chili Pepper
Oct 19
Chili Cook Off Championships
Nuts and Bolts
Oct 22
Nutting Parties & Nutcrack Nights
Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin
Pumpkin Seeds
Oct 26
Pumpkin Day
Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin
The Porter Drinkers
Nov 5
Stout Day
Smooth Merlot Blend
Nov 7
Merlot Day
Cappuccino
Nov 8
Cappuccino Day
Cranberry
Nov 25
Cranberry Sauce Day
Spice Apple
Dec 3
Apple Pie Day
Chestnut
Dec 14
Roasted Chestnut Day
English Breakfast
Dec 16
The Boston Tea Party (1773)
Gingerbread
Dec 17
Gingerbread House Day
Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin
Damson
Dec 18
Sugar Plum Day
Wildflower Honey
Dec 18
Honey Day
Rum and Eggnog
Dec 21
Eggnog Month
Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin
Wassail
Dec 22
Wassailing Days and Christmas Carolers!
Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin
Matcha Green Tea
Jan 12
Hot Tea Month
Still Life with Cheese
Jan 20
Cheese Day
Black Forest Cake
Jan 27
Chocolate Cake Day
Café au Lait
Feb 17
Café au Lait Day
Feb 19
Chocolate Mint Day
Tempus Fugit Absinthe
Mar 5
Absinthe Day
Marmalade on Toast
Apr 26
Marmalade Days
Irn Bru
May 6
Beverage Day
Red Bull
May 6
Beverage Day
Coca Cola Mosaic
May 8
Have a Coke Day
May 16
World Whisky Weekend
Scotch Whiskies
May 16
World Whisky Weekend
Cucumbers
May 30
Mint Julep Day
Jun 4
Cheese Day
Juniper
Jun 13
Gin Day
Kentucky Bourbons
Jun 14
Bourbon Day
Wasabi and Ginger
Jun 18
Sushi Day
Blue Lemon Drop Martini
Jun 19
Martini Day
Cream Tea
Jun 26
Cream Tea Day
Blueberry Muffins
Jul 11
Muffin Day
Neapolitan Ice Cream
Jul 20
Ice Cream Day
Cutting Horse Country
Jul 27
Cowboy Day
Jul 27
Crème brûlée Day
Jul 27
Battle of Killiecrankie
Jul 27
Scotch Day
Odin Drinks the Magic Mead
Aug 1
Mead Day
Vintage champagne poster (1900)
Aug 4
Champagne Day
Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk
Aug 4
Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Assam Tea
Aug 11
Afternoon Tea Week
Rose Tea
Aug 12
Afternoon Tea Week
Spumoni Gelato
Aug 21
Spumoni Day
Aug 24
Peaches Day
Blackberries
Sep 12
Blackberry Day
Sep 26
Condiment Month
Oct 1
International Coffee Day
Porridge
Oct 10
World Porridge Day
Blackberries
Oct 11
Old Michaelmas
Drambuie Ad, 1957
Oct 16
Liqueur Day
Arbroath Smokies
Oct 19
Smokehouse Day
Chili Peppers
Oct 19
Chili Cook Off Championships
Party Mix
Oct 22
Nutting Parties & Nutcrack Nights
Traditional Hallowe'en party games include romantic fortune-telling using nuts placed on a fire grate.
More modern traditions include Hallowe'en party mix using a classic combination of nuts, cereal squares, and Hallowe'en candy!
Jack-o'-lanterns
Oct 26
Pumpkin Day
Burning candles within turnips, rutabagas (swedes), or even beets are traditional ways of deterring evil spirits on Hallowe'en. In the Americas, pumpkins became the jack-o'-lantern of choice!
Porter
Nov 5
Stout Day
Merlot Grapes
Nov 7
Merlot Day
Cappucino
Nov 8
Cappuccino Day
Nov 25
Cranberry Sauce Day
Apple and Spices
Dec 3
Apple Pie Day
Chestnuts
Dec 14
Roasted Chestnut Day
Boston Tea Party
Dec 16
The Boston Tea Party (1773)
Gingerbread Spices
Dec 17
Gingerbread House Day
December is the month devoted to traditional Christmas foods, and gingerbreads and cookies are one of the most anticipated of Christmas treats. With many variations of ingredients, gingerbread is usually flavoured with ginger, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, coriander, star anise, mace, cardamom, and black pepper. In Germany, gingerbread cookies called Lebkuchen have long been a fixture at street festivals, often in the shape of hearts frosted with sugary messages.
Damsons
Dec 18
Sugar Plum Day
Honeycomb
Dec 18
Honey Day
Eggnog with nutmeg
Dec 21
Eggnog Month
Eggnog is traditionally consumed throughout Canada and the United States at Christmas every year, often from American Thanksgiving through the end of the Christmas season. Eggnog may have developed from posset, a medieval European beverage made with hot milk that was curdled with wine or ale and flavoured with spices. In the Middle Ages, posset was used as a cold and flu remedy and remained a popular remedy throughout the 19th century.
Christmas Punch
Dec 22
Wassailing Days and Christmas Carolers!
Wassail is a hot, mulled punch often associated with Yuletide drunk from a 'wassailing bowl'. The earliest versions were warmed mead – ale brewed with honey – into which roasted crab apples were dropped and burst to create a drink called 'lambswool'. Later, the drink evolved to become a mulled cider made with sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, topped with slices of toast as sops and drunk from a large communal bowl.