A beginner-friendly, two-hour workshop: learn to make 15 infusions from around the world, with live demos, tastings and recipes for home.

Not just something to sip. Something to learn.

Join HeatAction Communities CIC for a beginner-friendly infusion-making workshop in Newcastle upon Tyne. Over two relaxed hours, you'll learn how to make 15 infusions from around the world, hear the stories behind the flavours and build a set of drinks you can recreate at home.

Think of the practical learning of a cooking class, with the focus on what goes into your glass. Discover how herbs, spices, fruit, temperature and timing can turn familiar ingredients into something surprisingly different.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• The methods behind 15 recipes, through live demonstrations, walkthroughs and comparison

• When to steep, simmer or infuse cold, and how time and temperature change the flavour

• How to balance flavours and adapt a recipe using ordinary kitchen equipment

• The cultural stories behind selected drinks

• Simple preparation and serving tips, so you can repeat the recipes at home

HOW IT WORKS

Sanju will guide you through the methods, demonstrate a selection of recipes and explain the rest. You'll smell the ingredients, taste and compare selected samples, ask questions and learn how to adapt the flavours to your taste. It's a demonstration-led workshop: you won't make all 15 drinks yourself, and the tasting is a selected range. No experience needed.

WHAT YOU'LL TAKE HOME

A guide to all 15 recipes covered, plus the confidence to make them again.

When: Sunday 15 November 2026, 2–4 pm

Where: Newcastle upon Tyne. The venue and full address will be in your confirmation email.

Tickets: [price and what's included]

Hosted by Sanju Soman for HeatAction Communities CIC. This is a cultural food-and-drink workshop. We make no medicinal or "detox" claims, and you can skip any sample.

Staying on? Our separately bookable Curiosity on Tap pub talks run 6–7 pm at the same venue: [pub talks booking link]

Any surplus after event costs supports HeatAction's work on extreme heat in India and the UK.

Description supplied by the event organiser.