Which bright spark put put Christmas and New Year's Eve so close together in the calendar? Here is a list of recommended bars for detox cocktails, should you feel the urge to flush the last few weeks of excess from your body. A number of bars have introduced a few healthy concoctions on their menus to help you retrieve the vitamins and minerals your body needs. With the help of View London and several bars for detox cocktails, you will find yourself facing 2008 with vim and vigour - until the next all-nighter.
Bluebird(British)Fruit and vegetable-based cocktails from £4.50 including 'Balance', a blend of squeezed blood orange, pressed pineapple, passion fruit and vanilla, and 'Lift', made with blackberries, orange juice and manuka honey.
Fresh and Wild(Cafe)The Firefly Detox Drink, available from all Fresh and Wild establishments, is the ultimate in 'flush-and-forget' concoctions containing as it does that bastion of healthy living, ginger.
49 Parkway,
Camden Town,
London,
NW1 7PN
Juice Bar at Whole Foods MarketExpect a number of tantalising and exotic smoothie fusions, guarenteed to beat those Christmas binge blues.
The Barkers Building,
63–97 Kensington High Street,
Kensington,
W8 5SE
read our reviewAvailable from all Ping Pong restaurants throughout January is the The Detox / Retox Lychee Red Black Tea, the sweetest black tea available scented with lychee from Guangdong.
Ping Pong(Chinese)Available from all Ping Pong restaurants throughout January is the The Detox / Retox Lychee Red Black Tea, the sweetest black tea available scented with lychee from Guangdong.
Festival Terrace, Southbank Centre,
Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
London,
SE1 8XX
read our reviewThe healthy fruit fusions known as 'Shochu Tonics' are available here, perfect for that essential intake of vitamins.
Tamarai(Oriental)The non-alcoholic beverage Eastern Promise is available throughout January and February, a potent fusion of cardamom, mint leaves, ginger cordial, fresh apple juice and strawberries.