Food and drink gift guide

Cupcake cases, £1.95
Capitalise on the cupcake frenzy sweeping the nation with these pretty fairy cake cases. They come in three colourways from aspirestyle.co.uk, which is offering readers 10% off until 19 December. Just type in G210. Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian

Coffee cup, £7
If you’re going to drink coffee, drink it the French way. This giant French cup comes in white and taupe from re-foundobjects.com. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian/photomontage

Tweet towel, £10
From non-profit social movement We Are What We Do (the people behind the Anya Hindmarch I am NOT a Plastic Bag shopper), comes this year’s hot item – the Tweet Towel, a tea towel for Twitter lovers. Think of your tweet and head to tweettowel.com. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian

No man should be without a hip flask, particularly on the Boxing Day walk. This one has a little added cowboy cool. Focusing on Scottish contemporary craft and design, the Papa Stour website is a treasure trove of interesting gift ideas.

Cowhide hip flask, £32
By Anthony
Buy online papastour.com Photograph: Alicia Canter/Guardian

Rob Ryan has been a very busy man of late, bringing his paper-cut prints to a fairytale book, a childrenswear range in collaboration with Paul Smith and these Four Seasons plates, part of a wider range on sale at Bodie and Fou. If you are feeling crafty you could also follow Rob's instructions and make a paper-cut necklace yourself.

Set of four Rob Ryan plates, £24.99
By Bodie & Fou
Buy online at bodieandfou.com Photograph: PR

Like your granny's teaset with a twist. We Love Kaoru produce fine English bone china with a modern edge, including this alphabet range, available in any letter.

Alphabet cup and saucer, £22
By We Love Kaoru
Buy online at welovekaoru.com Photograph: PR

Think a tea towel is an unglamorous Christmas present? Think again. This particular tea towel has been designed by the cutting-edge Roger la Borde group. There is also a matching journal and an apron worn by the lifter himself.

Lifter tea towel, £10
By Roger la Borde
Buy online at liberty.co.uk Photograph: PR

Compact and perfectly formed, this espresso machine should fit easily on any kitchen counter - or nestle happily under the Christmas tree. Browse stylishlife.co.uk for more, well, stylish products for the home.

Espresso machine, £129.99
By Guzzini
Buy online at stylishlife.co.uk Photograph: PR

Bodlon stock contemporary Welsh goods with a foodie slant, like this hot toddy kit with Penderyn whisky and Welsh farm honey. Other treats on the site include a nice slate cheeseboard and this very Welsh Gwalia hamper.

Winter chills hot toddy set, £25
By Bodlon
Buy online at bodlon.com Photograph: PR

These flower bottles make beautiful gifts and are a great way to bring a little floral colour to Christmas - much nicer than the ubiquitous poinsettia. Established in Devon in 1967 by a group of Swedish glassmakers, Dartington is the only crystal brand still producing in the UK. Their range of decanters is well worth a browse.

Flower bottles, from £30
By Dartington
Buy online at dartington.co.uk Photograph: PR

These ingenious plantable salad servers stand upright in their own pot, which can also be used for mixing and serving salad dressing. The Hidden Art Shop is full of unusual gift ideas, and has a brilliant eco shop.

Salad plant salad tossers, £21.23
By Hidden Art shop
Buy online at hiddenartshop.com Photograph: PR

Update those familiar blue and white stripes of Cornishware's pottery with a personal message for your giftee. It will make them feel special. You can also personalise mugs and jam pots.

Personalised Cornishware Storage Jar, from £43
By TG Green & Co
Buy online at tggreen.co.uk Photograph: PR

The end of the month of Movember need not herald the end of moustache mania. Created with actual gold, these tumblers will endow your guests with luxuriant golden whiskers as they sip scotch around the fireplace. How very festive. Or for those who prefer a nice cuppa, Peter Ibruegger also has a matching mug range.

Moustache tumblers, £14 each
By Peter Ibruegger
Buy online at peteribruegger.com Photograph: PR

This is officially the most exciting flatpack gift on the market, and should be no headache to assemble. The enchanting chocolate biscuit cottage comes in six pieces which you assemble and then plaster with icing and decorate with sweets. No nibbling now ...

Create Your Own Enchanted Cottage, £35
By Fortnum & Mason
Buy online at fortnumandmason.com Photograph: PR

Lazy Oaf are an independent graphic and illustration label selling everything from tea towels to sunglasses, via tuxedo-print dresses - and some very festive puns.

Tea towel, £8
By Lazy Oaf
Buy online at lazyoaf.co.uk Photograph: PR

For those who appreciate the simple things in life, these nutcrackers will make a lovely gift, together with a large sack of walnuts, and preferably a roaring fire. In fact, the RE website has a whole fireside range, which includes a giant French cup - perfect for cocoa.

Nut crackers, £9.50
By RE
Buy online at re-foundobjects.com Photograph: Alicia Canter/Guardian

As the leftovers disappear, the toys start to break and the holly wreaths begin to sag, don't we all start pining for a holiday to look forward to? Hotel du Vin have 14 elegant and individual hotels nationwide, each with an extensive wine cellar for guests to sample, and a variety of gift packages available. You may want to wait for the New Year's Eve hangover to subside first though ...

Bistro, bed and breakfast for two people, £195
By Hotel du Vin, various locations
Buy online at hotelduvin.com Photograph: The Travel Library / Rex Feature/The Travel Library / Rex Feature

It is a sad truth that by 27 December vast family-sized tins of chocolates will be reduced to a handful of strawberry creams and those ones with the green foil that no one likes. This kit lets frustrated pastry chefs create their very own chocolates. With organic raw cacao and agave nectar, the resulting chocolates will be a far cry from your average Christmas chocs, and they are suitable for diabetics too.

Chocolate-making kit, £13.99
By The Chocolution
Buy online at thechocolution.com Photograph: PR

Ice cream, £3
It’s ice cream – but not as you know it. Enjoy it just the way astronauts do . . . freeze-dried! Normally £3.50, yours for £3 from the Science Museum at sciencemuseumshop.co.uk when you enter the code space10 at the checkout before 19 December. Terms and conditions apply Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian

Baking kits, £2.50-£2.95
Get the kids baking pizza, bread, muffins and cookies with Wallace & Gromit. These kits have been produced by family-run Welsh business Bacheldre Watermill. Available from Waitrose stores nationwide, but you can get enjoy a 10% discount on all products at www.bacheldremill.co.uk until 15 December with the code BACH10%MILL. Photograph: PR company handout

Coffee grinder, £31.50
Coffee tastes better when the beans have been freshly ground. And this Stellar grinder makes it a joy with no need for electricity. Normal price £73, but Harts of Stur is ­offering it for £31.50, hartsofstur.com. Valid until 30 November as long as stocks last. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian